| Valued for their predictability, these lasers emit high energy densities within short pulses that vaporize tissue while sparing surrounding skin. |
| This dire, occasionally damnable predictability undermines the painterly finesse with which the film's director arranges his ravishing images. |
| That is because too much predictability in the name of transparency weakens control by the gaming responses it invites. |
| It could be argued that control systems do at least bring clarity and predictability. |
| Control is necessary to ensure efficiency, calculability and predictability. |
| With growth and stability has come stodginess, predictability and excessive caution. |