Only the 318 in question, however, are close enough to the Milky Way for the predicted galactic speed limit not to have been imposed (300m light years may sound a long way, but it is a short hop on the cosmic scale).

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Delbonis was predicted to be a speed bump.

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And according to people familiar with High Speed Two, its economics are rather flaccid: every pound invested in high-speed rail is predicted to generate only around two pounds' worth of benefit (measured in time savings, the extra journeys that will be facilitated, reduced congestion on roads and so on).

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In key European markets, high-speed rail ticket prices are predicted to rise by more than 4% next year due to its popularity over air, according to forecasts by Carlson Wagonlit, a global travel management company.

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Last year, a Los Angeles city councilman predicted such a tragedy after witnessing a high-speed chase of Bieber by paparazzi.

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First and foremost, as we predicted back in March, the overall demand for high-speed modems and disk drives--and thus TI's DSP chipsets--has been much weaker than anyone anticipated.

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After the last GP in Monaco Hamilton had predicted that the McLaren cars would struggle through Istanbul Park's high-speed corners but then was encouraged by their performance in Friday practice in Turkey.

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