That was predictable.

It was predictable.

All of this was predictable.

Predictably, the results were awful.

The impact on governance is all too predictable.

Only a broad coalition could defeat Kohl and it was essential that it should not spell out any detail or any concrete steps.

Yet, the outcome was predictable.

This sensible proposal predictably drew fire from committed alarmists and deniers.

It was predictable that China s currency peg would have this effect.

In a country where money trumps democracy, such legislation has become predictably frequent.

Predictably, Turner came in for severe criticism from City of London bankers and the British Treasury.

What is happening now the second stage of the global financial crisis was no less predictable.

It has also been endorsed by some French (predictably!) and other continental European leaders.

And now, unsurprisingly but unforgivably, it turns out the trial will be closed.

In both Libya and Côte d Ivoire, massacres of civilians were foreseeable. In both cases, the question in Paris and other capitals was whether to intervene.

In both Libya and Côte d Ivoire, massacres of civilians were foreseeable.

Predictably, pro Kremlin media outlet Life News focused on these hecklers in its coverage of Navalny's trip.

But it s summertime, and Washington s typical demonization of Moscow is as boring and predictable as a news story about hot weather.

The US predictably responded that its aircraft carriers could and would patrol wherever necessary to promote freedom of navigation.

When asked what future they anticipated for American power, they predictably declared that the US would remain the world s most powerful country.

The problem is not another financial meltdown in an emerging market, with the predictable contagion that engulfs neighboring countries.

As is typical of political revolutions, Egypt s economic situation has gone from bad to worse in the course of these power struggles.

Iran, predictably, has refused to back down, which some observers have suggested reflects the failure of the world s major powers to speak with a unified voice.

Each region of the world should introduce a tax on CO2 emissions that starts low today and increases gradually and predictably in the future.

But it was largely predictable, as are the likely consequences for both the millions of Americans who will be facing financial distress and the global economy.

Military overreach has predictably led to nervousness about using military power, and others knowledge of this threatens to weaken America s security as well. But America s real strength, more than its military and economic power, is its soft power, its moral authority.

But the contraction in government spending has been predictably devastating 25 unemployment, a 22 fall in GDP since 2009, and a 35 increase in the debt to GDP ratio.

Military overreach has predictably led to nervousness about using military power, and others knowledge of this threatens to weaken America s security as well.

The story is predictably sinister, showing baby Boris with a (literal) silver spoon in his mouth and his supposed corrupt beginnings.

The US government s misguided move from potential mediator and problem solver to active backer of the Syrian insurrection was, predictably, a terrible mistake. It put the US in effective opposition to the United Nations peace initiative then being led by former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, whose approach was to call for a ceasefire followed by a negotiated political transition.

The US government s misguided move from potential mediator and problem solver to active backer of the Syrian insurrection was, predictably, a terrible mistake.

True, the Strathclyde paper pointed out the possible economic benefits of freer movement with the rest of Europe, though predictably that did not figure in the headlines.

In the case of Syria, the West has repeatedly called for diplomacy while ruling out any military action, with predictably bad results.

But French opposition was also predictable because, for over a decade now, France has veered away from Europe and now finds itself increasingly isolated.

Indeed, the sequence of the new bailout envisaged in the July 12 agreement predictably begins with the adoption before the end of the month of harsh tax measures and medium term fiscal targets equivalent to another bout of stringent austerity.

TOKYO When Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Tokyo s controversial Yasukuni Shrine last month, Chinese leaders predictably condemned his decision to honor those behind the war of aggression against China.

Although index fund investments are important compared to the positions of other futures participants, their behavior is predictable, as they publicly announce both their commodity portfolio and the timing of their transactions

Such market optimism led to de regulation of financial markets in the 1980 s and 1990 s, and the subsequent explosion of financial innovation which made it safe to borrow larger and larger sums of money on the back of predictably rising assets. The just collapsed credit bubble, fueled by so called special investment vehicles, derivatives, collateralized debt obligations, and phony triple A ratings, was built on the illusions of mathematical modeling.

Such market optimism led to de regulation of financial markets in the 1980 s and 1990 s, and the subsequent explosion of financial innovation which made it safe to borrow larger and larger sums of money on the back of predictably rising assets.

JERUSALEM The recent surge in Turkey s military actions against the Kurds in northern Iraq is an indication that, somewhat surprisingly but not entirely unpredictably Turkish foreign policy has undergone a 180 degree turn in less than two years.