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Post gossip dowager Cindy Adams claws her way out of her coffin this morning to remind you of her power of prophecy:

HEALTH & Hospitals union chief Den nis Rivera, who just resigned his post, did I not tell you in advance he was job hunting? Looking to leave? Did I not?

Why, yes, Cindy, that does sound familiar. What was it you told us?

DENNIS Rivera, who's been head of the Health and Hospitals Union 1199 forever, is now looking to no longer be head of the Health and Hospitals Union 1199. Looking to be a lobbyist . . .

Right, right. What job did he end up taking?

Veteran New York hospital-workers union chief Dennis Rivera - one of the city's most powerful labor leaders - announced yesterday he's resigning to head a new national health-care union.

Ah. Well, close enough! Tune in tomorrow, when Cindy predicts that President Bush is looking to do something different in 2009.

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