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 =============================== 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.] =============================== 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.