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...Just as the success of movies and the flow of films to Massachusetts is an uncertainty, so too is the overall economic impact that they will have on the State. Paleologos believes that a “multiplier effect??—the idea that economic development will stimulate more than just the directly affected industries—may cancel out any money that the state puts into its film efforts...
...Stewart and Colbert’s critique, while incisive, is not programmatic. They tear apart the foibles of politicians but offer no clear alternative themselves. This “Daily Effect?? has even been empirically verified, as two East Carolina University researchers found that viewers of “The Daily Show” expressed more cynical views of presidential candidates, the media, and the entire electoral process. This cynicism may be healthy, but it can only carry you so far. Jokes are far easier to concoct than solutions...
...achievements and noted that his campaign appeared to be “on the verge of triumph against astonishing odds,” he reminded listeners that the election was “by no means a foregone conclusion given the so-called ‘Bradley effect?? and the efforts at voter suppression in so many parts of this country...
...ballots were finally counted, the pollsters were proven wrong—fewer white voters had actually cast their ballots for Bradley than polling had anticipated. Daniel J. Hopkins ’00, a post-graduate fellow in government and social studies, said that the “Bradley effect?? is “a systematic difference between how black candidates poll before the election and how they perform in the election itself.” But Hopkins said that the Bradley effect is unlikely to play a major role in future elections. In his study, which was released...
...goaltender in the ECAC for his stellar performance in the net.But now the junior from Calgary, Alberta, is taking a year off for unspecified personal reasons, and it looks like Harvard is back to square one.“[Richter’s absence] will certainly have an effect??there’s no denying that,” said Harvard coach Ted Donato ’91. “But whether that’s a negative effect or a long-term positive effect remains to be seen. As a group, I think that we?...