The global economy is now forecast to deliver growth of 4.4%, up from the 4.2% that the IMF had forseen in October.

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Truly, it would be hard put for someone to argue that the depth and breadth of the calamity was something to be reasonably forseen.

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And against all odds, I'll have correctly forseen, at least for my little group, that most remarkable of Academy Award miracles: a 90-minute Oscar telecast.

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