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...either a consensus is achieved or the group splinters on this point. Online rumor can travel faster and farther than the office water-cooler circle; this has implications for the rumor's accuracy. If discussion is active and people of diverse opinions engage in it, the rumor stands a fair chance of becoming accurate. If, on the other hand, the rumor tends to circulate only among like-minded people, accurate rumors seems less likely to emerge...
...Mann, who recorded six saves on the day, withstood Davidson’s second-half pressure. Lau and sophomores Kerry Kartsonis and Katherine Kuzma worked hard on the middle and back lines to maintain possession and limit breakaway opportunities for Davidson. Still, the Harvard crowd had more than its fair share of thrills as time ran down on the Wildcats’ comeback bid, and at times the Crimson’s once-comfortable cushion seemed to be slipping away.“They were keeping the ball better than we were,” Leone said...
...Neither Mugabe nor Tsvangirai is comfortable granting executive power to the other: the opposition leader demanded fresh elections, which he would be confident of winning if the poll were free and fair, while Mugabe threatened to form a Cabinet without the opposition if Tsvangirai rejected his terms. Shortly before the deal was announced, one source close to the talks had said that Mbeki was on the verge of quitting his mediation role on behalf of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in frustration. "President Mbeki was fuming, threatening the Zimbabwean leaders that SADC will not be responsible if there...
...There’s a problem with all of this high-handed indignation, however: Though it may be right, it’s beside the point. It’s fair to assume that a future of Western golf hegemony was not on LPGA commissioner Carolyn Bivens’ mind when she was developing the English-only regulation. The unfortunate fact is that the LPGA—like all professional sports—is a business...
...Fair point: but that won't stop his opponents from questioning his powers of empathy. Cameron has endured precious few upsets. One came in 1997, when he failed in his first bid for Parliament. Still, his old job - as head of corporate affairs at media group Carlton Communications - awaited, and he was soon selected as Conservative candidate for Witney, near Oxford, where he has served since...