Not Israel, even though, as the authors note, the embassy in Beruit had predicted repeatedly and accurately that an Israeli invasion would trigger an Islamic response.

American officials have repeatedly predicted an intensification of attacks against American and Iraqi targets as the transfer date approaches.

The U.A.W.'s firm position made the company's continued insistence surprising, and raised the possibility of a strike that both sides had repeatedly predicted would not come.

Continental has held conversations with United, whose chief executive, Glenn F. Tilton, has repeatedly predicted consolidation will occur.

But analysts repeatedly predicted that Shas, whose constituency leans to the right, would get the jitters when a crucial moment arrived.

Experts have repeatedly predicted that only the largest of the nation's banks would enter securities underwriting to any significant extent.

But Wall Street economists and Alan Greenspan, the Fed chairman, have repeatedly predicted a healthy recovery, only to be proven too optimistic.

Just last month, Mr. Dell, touring the United States and Australia, repeatedly predicted Apple's doom.

Mr. Brady has repeatedly predicted that the savings and loan bailout will not exceed $130 billion, counted in 1990 dollars.