| Asian markets had come under heavy selling on Monday as investors portended a calamitous fall in the U.S. markets when they reopened after a four-day suspension. |
| Malaria, typhoid and other water-borne diseases are portended as mercury soars in summer. |
| That could be a sign of distress, much as haywire interbank rates portended the West's financial crisis. |
| Even for those who did not accept these apocalyptic scenarios, emancipation portended a chaotic and terrifying new world. |
| But, the rapid growth of productive capacity in many places during the period portended a point when capital would face a problem of overaccumulation. |
| Yet only a dozen or so free schools were approved in the summer in 2010 in line with ministers' predictions, but fewer than the hype portended. |
