When, on the basis of the public opinion polls, political analysts called 1992 an unpredictable year, they didn't know the half of it, it seems.

He is a political analyst often called upon by the TVA and LCN television networks (owned by the Quebecor media conglomerate, like Le Journal de Montréal).

Other analysts, called telecommunications specialists, connect computers to telephones and video machines.

Some financial analysts, called ratings analysts (who are often employees of ratings agencies), evaluate the ability of companies or governments that issue bonds to repay their debt.

Its analysts called on the authority to adjust its budgets to account for fire-related expenses "not covered by the authority's insurance."

Some analysts called yesterday's market pullback "a healthy correction."

Swiss banks say banking secrecy rules forbid them to discuss their exposure to specific clients, a practice that one analyst called "bothersome because you don't know what is actually happening."

The London meeting, described by analysts here as a strange kind of peace conference called while the war in still raging, will focus primarily on Bosnia.

An average of estimates by five analysts called for earnings of 13 cents a share in the quarter, according to a report by Zacks Investment Research carried on the Bloomberg Financial Markets system.

Many financial analysts called for far more draconian measures: staff cuts of 30,000, or even 50,000 employees, among other things.