From: utzoo!dciem!mmt
Newsgroups: net.misc
Title: Re: Is Reagan Fated To Die In Office?
Article-I.D.: dciem.176
Posted: Thu Feb 17 20:51:44 1983
Received: Thu Feb 17 22:41:03 1983
References: mitccc.306


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The problem with these ''patterns'' is that they disappear as soon as 
they are made public.  [The 20 year thing was first made public
between 1960 and now, and the New Hampshire primaries was first
generally made public recently.]
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Actually, people speculated on the 20-year Presidential deaths before
Kennedy was elected, and perhaps before Roosevelt, though I don't
know that at first hand. You could look through old popular magazines
of the time if you are interested.

But it is true that most patterns are observed after the fact.