The downward slope becomes the same self-fulfilling prophecy that the upslope represented, just in the opposite direction.
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There is the potential here for a self-fulfilling prophecy, in the manner of a bank run.
Undoubtedly, they do not want to short-circuit the political process by creating a self-fulfilling prophecy or by driving a backlash.
It may be that this was Mr bin Laden's plan: to revive the idea that Islam and the West are doomed to collide and make the idea into a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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"The only risk in terms of the comparison is of a self-fulfilling prophecy, " he said.
There is also a danger that the market may turn its fears into a self-fulfilling prophecy by starving needy companies of cash and forcing them over the edge.
The Bush steamroller is creating a self-fulfilling prophecy of victory that flattens everybody else.
The growing popularity of this sort of indexing can become a self-fulfilling prophecy as a disproportionately enormous amount of money flows into the large companies that dominate the index.
Since then, the possibility of the schools closing has made it a "self-fulfilling prophecy".
This is creating a self-fulfilling prophecy: once the Bundesbank starts guarding against a break-up, everybody will have to do the same.
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Many analysts believe that markets suffer from "herd mentality" - it it hard not to trade in the same direction as all traders believe the market is going, and it therefore becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.
But some Americans worry that China could make a cold war with America a self-fulfilling prophecy by trying to acquire more of the trappings of a global military power.
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It is investor perception of these, and as investors lose faith in the ability of equities to generate high returns, their selling creates a self-fulfilling prophecy that takes years to fully play out.
Within each State Capitol, there is likely to be a strong self-fulfilling prophecy to skirt around ordinary taxpayers in favor of the next new thing that only government could sustain.
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This reminds us of the dire need for anti-Islamist Muslims to contract well-established polling firms in the study of the American Muslim population from an anti-Islamist perspective rather than what can be a self-fulfilling prophecy completed by Islamists.
With concern about earnings and more companies issuing profit warnings - the media's constant reference to recession may turn out to be a self fulfilling prophecy.
The school's reputation as an NBA factory has become so ingrained that it's almost a self-fulfilling prophecy: Carolina continues to churn out top players because recruits know Carolina churns out pros.
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"I want to see evidence they have really tried not only in the UK, but also Europe and further afield to recruit these doctors, I believe that it is a self-fulfilling prophecy, " he said.
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