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Predictions are hard, as they say, especially when they are about the
future. So perhaps your editor can be forgiven for not anticipating that
2020 would be the sort of year that makes one think nostalgically about
trips to the dentist, waiting in a crowded motor-vehicle office, or
crossing the Pacific in a row-47 middle seat. If only we had known how
good we had it. Be that as it may, this year is finally coming to an end.
Read on for a look back at the year, starting with the ill-advised predictions made in January.