It foreshadows a new art form on the horizon, a descendent of Impressionism: the cinema.

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There is usually some inflection point that causes a crisis or foreshadows a recovery.

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This series is fascinating because it foreshadows what a metropolitan powerhouse Asia will become as this century progresses.

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It foreshadows, he adds, weaker profits for companies in the years to come.

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The raging debate over the ethics of animal enhancement or transanimalism foreshadows the emerging public discussion over manipulating humans.

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The fact that the traffic is coming primarily from Apple devices foreshadows the importance that Apple will play in mobile payments.

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But it also foreshadows the current SOPA conflict.

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Mr Lee's struggle to win approval for the FTA in what is one of the most trade-dependent nations on earth foreshadows political problems that are almost bound to arise elsewhere during attempts to enlarge the TPP.

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This foreshadows trouble for Mr Blair.

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In that context, a seminal comment from Ellison made 40 months ago at the Churchill Club rings even more true today than when he made it on Sept. 21, 2009, and it foreshadows a dramatically new approach to business computing that Ellison continues to believe will transform not only Oracle but huge swaths of the IT industry as well.

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