Amitava Kumar

Does the entry of Indian H-1B worker augur a change in the relations of production in the world of cybertechnology? No, but the presence of such workers - their skills and their histories - introduce contradictions into the system that are not always easily absorbed or dissolved.

Indian Writer

Leland Stanford

In the unrest of the masses I augur great good. It is by their realizing that their condition of life is not what it ought to be that vast improvements may be accomplished.

American Businessman

Arundhati Bhattacharya

The decision to incentivise savings for pension funds augurs well for infrastructure financing and retirement planning.

Indian Businesswoman

Lucius Accius

Not at all do I trust augurs, who enrich the ears of others, so that they can enrich their own homes with gold.

Italian Poet

Mahesh Babu

Baahubali's success augurs well for the Telugu film industry as a whole. It has opened up new markets.

Indian Actor

Adam Schiff

Much has changed since the end of the Cold War that augurs well for the survival of our nation.

American Politician

Augur involves interpreting small details and changes to make predictions, not guaranteed outcomes.

Subtle Signs

Augur can be followed by words like 'well' or 'ill' to indicate if the prediction is good or bad.

Positive or Negative

Using 'augur' suggests there's room for interpretation, rather than stating something is certain.

Not Certainty

As a noun, 'augur' relates to a unique and specific historical role in ancient Roman culture.

Historically Specific

Augurs were important religious figures, their interpretations could shape public policy and actions.

Religious Importance

Augurs possessed specialized knowledge of omens, which was key to their role and revered.

Specialized Knowledge

 when I was a small boy in high school, and there was this boy who struck, injuring the wing and the leg of a bird we called the augur buzzard. I was standing there, just a mere 14-year-old, and I imagined a human being in a similar situation, because this bird could not help itself.

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 and then use these signs to interpret the will of the gods. From augur comes the verb inaugurare, to see omens from the flight of birds, and, then later, to consecrate or act when such omens are favorable.

Augur

Subtle Signs

Positive or Negative

Not Certainty

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