What makes this Spurs revival special is that it wasn't so predictable.
Mr. Meddings said that was partly a result of timing, because cash flows from these investments aren't entirely predictable and come in lumps.
Not long ago the category of Best Picture was expanded to a whopping ten movies (every selected film also qualifies for the NHL playoffs.) There are fashion misfires and tributes to legends and occasionally some emotional payoffs, but the Oscars can't escape feeling predictable and dutiful, especially since a calendar stuffed with awards shows has already established a reliable pattern of winners.
Conventions weren't always scripted, or predictable, or (dare I say) boring.
The cars with the lowest scores--those that didn't make our list--are predictable.
It's nice that the world is so predictable sometimes, isn't it?
Drawbacks most center around the less predictable factors -- Barefoot 3 doesn't have an established track record for reliability, and the pricing isn't always favorable against high-end peers like Samsung's SSD 840 Pro.
True, the AF isn't always DSLR-quick, but it is at least fairly predictable.
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The impression remains of a smooth-talking businessman who can't forget the glory days when bankers came calling, elections were predictable and lucrative projects there for the taking.
At the very least, the predictable emergence of tens of millions of cars here and abroad that don't require gasoline will create a free market in various alcohol-based "Freedom Fuels" that are considerably less expensive to produce than gasoline at prices well below today's.
Risk management consultants say the models that banks use to predict the risks of their exposures don't work in these so-called "fat-tail" events, shocks that move otherwise predictable swings outside the parameters of clever computer programs and their keepers.
The funny thing is that I find the opinion of someone I don't know more telling than my best friend's, because, well, my best friend is pretty predictable, and that's exactly why he's my best friend.
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Kempton's response: Driver patterns are predictable, and motorists could control when utilities tapped their car for power, making sure they wouldn't be stranded.
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