Leibniz therefore believed that the future of most things could be predicted by examining their causal connections.
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University College London researchers' study of 10, 000 English people also suggested future disability and poor health could be predicted by the state of a person's mind.
They looked at the returns earned by investors in American shares between 1982 and 1997, and calculated how much of the differences in returns could be predicted from traditional financial indicators based on company accounts.
Nuclear power plants must be designed so that they remain in a safe condition under severe meteorological events, including those that could result in the most severe tornado that could reasonably be predicted to occur at any particular site.
The A9 Perth to Inverness Economic Appraisal Study estimated journey times could be cut by 22 minutes and predicted that 724 jobs could be created in the short-term - rising to 4, 500 over 30 years.
Still, it could be another week, he predicted, before Bogota begins to dry out.
Produced by Pricewaterhouse Coopers, the survey predicted tourism jobs could be created faster than within any other industrial sector.
The size of a fund, and the point when it needed to mature, could be gauged in the light of predicted illnesses.
The evening commute could be especially treacherous, with snow predicted to fall at a rate of 1 to 1.5 inches an hour in some areas.
Maybe no one could have predicted that Santorum would be the guy who could actually take the nomination from Romney, but no one should be surprised that Romney is on the ropes.
Optimists are saying 2013 could be the year that the oft-predicted consolidation wave for regional and community banks comes ashore.
Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco and New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin have both predicted the death toll could be in the thousands.
In their article, Rockoff and Winslow predicted that this decade could be the most productive in the history of the drug industry.
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He predicted that a drug could be widely available in five years.
Radical as our thinking was, we never could have guessed that everything we predicted would be realized in a half-decade.
"Because Dee's death was unexpected, the enforcement staff could not have predicted that he would not be available for an interview in June 2012, " Duncan wrote.
The report adds that, while many of the circumstances which led to Aaron's death could not have been predicted, lessons must be learned by everyone involved in the case.
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The Conservative Charles Walker, who discussed his own experience of OCD in the Commons in June, predicted Mr Barwell could rise to be a Cabinet minister - but added this bill might be the most important achievement of his career, if it became law.
The report predicted that 400, 000 people could be affected by 2031, due to problems associated with an ageing population.
Professor Kyrtatos believes ships' engines could be adapted to meet impending legislation which, he predicted, would require emissions of nitrogen oxides from ship exhausts to be cut by 30% by the year 2007.
Unison branch secretary Chris Hanrahan, who represents civilian staff working at the force, said the union had been expecting further cuts and predicted civilian staff and police officer jobs could be lost on top of 100 staff already made redundant.
But the review said while lessons could be learned, Yaseen's death could not have been predicted.
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Anderson, who also could not be reached, is a well respected analyst who has predicted key FDA decisions in the past.
The authors say that the predicted shallow depth of these methane reserves means that they could be destabilised by climate change, and might act as a positive feedback on global warming.
May predicted that some kind of employee stock ownership plan could very well be an element in the structuring of the American Greetings buyout.
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Earlier this month, two opinion polls predicted that in next year's presidential election, Mr Sarkozy could be knocked into third place by the FN leader, Marine Le Pen.
The UN has urged "all agencies" to plan for emergency assistance after weather experts predicted below-normal rainfall for Afar, saying a "major emergency" could be just weeks away.
Officials had predicted they would be unable to pay city employees as of Thursday, unless they could find a short-term loan to bridge the gap until tax revenue is collected in March.
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