But he made his mark not because his colleagues could predict his views, but because they knew that he would arrive at them after careful study.

The Chinese would never cooperate, colleagues predicted.

His current colleague, Marc S. Ryan, the secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, predicted a smooth transition for Mr. Thomas.

In another recent study, Dr. Golub and colleagues predicted the prognosis of people with diffuse large B cell lymphoma.

After he died in 2000, his former colleagues predicted the 2001 recession using the indicators he'd created.

The engines seemed to be handling the additional load--just as his colleague had predicted.

Based on that, he and a colleague, Tom Rice, predict that the Republicans will lose 18 seats in the House and 3 in the Senate.

Cautionary Tone From Vanguard Henry Kaufman, an economist and money manager, is said to have joked that his colleagues had predicted 10 of the last 3 recessions.

In a trial that might otherwise threaten to become a media circus, lawyers and colleagues of Judge Brinkema predict that she will keep a tight rein on the proceedings.

In 1958, just as Dr. Archer, Mr. Holaday and their colleagues had predicted, four lung cancer deaths appeared among a group of 50 uranium miners under study.