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To a remarkable degree, they foretold many of the failures that would beset L.A.

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All of this is foretold and symbolized in “Sundae.”

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In his 1998 book “Paradise Lost,” Schrag sought not simply to foretell the region’s future, but to explicate how its future foretold what was in store for the country as a whole.

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His three under par on the front nine of the second day at the North was noteworthy, but hardly foretold a round that would go into lore.

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The reality is much worse than the abstract planning document foretold.

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