| And an aging work force portends immense staffing needs in the years ahead. |
| Abdias is fine, his mother said, but two other children in their tent are sick, and everybody is terrified of what that portends. |
| That portends an even darker hour for investors whose savings have been mauled in the worst slump in global stock markets for 30 years. |
| A few nuclear blasts, holes in the ozone layer or devastating droughts can all be viewed as portends of the earth's final annihilation. |
| The solar eclipse, Thursday, portends healthy detachment from siblings and other strangers. |
| The support group for testicular cancer survivors portends the emasculation our society has embraced, wept over, and become addicted to. |
