| The perils of Aesculapian authority include self-fulfilling prophecies and the consequences of miscommunication. |
| Contrary to the doleful prophecies of superannuated Jeremiahs, pop is in rude health. |
| Similar prophecies had frequently surfaced in Italian millenarian movements during the late medieval and Renaissance periods. |
| He pointed to his wonderful deeds, which fulfilled the messianic prophecies of the Old Testament and were wrought by the power of God. |
| In Rome, there were no prophecies emanating from divinely inspired seers who could look far into the future or deep into the past. |
| Our failures begin to resemble self-fulfilling prophecies, born of the knowledge that most of us can happily fool ourselves most of the time. |
