threaten - to be a menacing indication of something:"The clouds threaten rain"; "Danger threatens"
bespeak, betoken, indicate, signal, point - be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued"
One has all the best of the past, the other foreshadows a better future; and the men who wrote them are the only men who have written of the subject with that perfect frankness and perfect knowledge and perfect poise whose other name is genius.
But most of all, the similarities between Joe's treatment of Harper and Louis' treatment of his grandmother foreshadow the interconnections between the two central couples in the two-play cycle.
Said Slack, "The 22% increase in Los Angeles trustee sales is important because California, a trustee state with an expedited foreclosure process, tends to foreshadow future trends in other states such as New York, which has a lengthy foreclosure court process.
As for the aforementioned 9/11 reference, one of the teens posits that photos really can foreshadow death, producing a picture showing the shadow of a plane on one of the World Trade Center towers as an example.
In this edition of the Newsreel: The House and Senate have announced their starting budget proposals, and campaign funding numbers foreshadow the 2014 races for statewide offices.
foreshadow - indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"