Whereas education levels were the best prediction of whether someone born in a favela would make it out, hard work and good luck were also needed.

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The prediction is the best example of fans expectations over the team's success at the World Cup.

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My prediction: The best and brightest millennials will combine missionary zeal, hardcore management skills and Silicon Valley-style creativity to attack social ills.

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It is not a bold prediction, since Arizona is the best ranked Cinderella team left in the Tournament.

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Head coach Charles van Commenee has already downgraded his initial prediction that the team could surpass their previous best European medal haul, the 18 medals bagged in Split 20 years ago.

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Netted also suggests double-checking your wagers against another prediction market, InTrade, where the action for Best Picture shows Hurt Locker and Avatar way way ahead of the pack.

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My prediction is that, over 90% of voters would get none or at best one of these answers correct.

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It signaled not only Ghana's long-awaited arrival at football biggest global gathering but also a fulfillment of a prediction in 1990 by Cameroon legend Roger Milla that the world had not seen the best of African football until the Black Stars made it to the World Cup.

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Earlier, Immigration Minister Phil Woolas told MPs on the European Scrutiny Committee the "best estimate" of numbers of workers from the 10 newest countries to join the European Union was a prediction of 665, 000 for next month - 550, 000 more than when they joined the EU in May 2004.

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