Word: formula
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Once a candidate surpasses the quota of votesneeded to be elected--a figure derived bymathematical formula and based on the numbers ofcandidates and votes cast--that candidate's excessvotes are transferred to the second choices listedon randomly selected ballots. The votes ofcandidates at the bottom of the heap aretransferred in much the same...
...reveal his formula for success--where to stand, when to work, what to say--those are secrets of his trade. He emphasizes that this is his livelihood; that information...
Once a candidate surpasses the quota of votes needed to be elected--a figure derived by mathematical formula and based on the numbers of candidates and votes cast--that candidate's excess votes are transferred to the second choices listed on randomly selected ballots. The votes of candidates at the bottom of the heap are transferred in much the same...
Feeling independent? You don't have to follow the mix-and-match formula, if you order from another part of the menu. The Shrimp Lime Salad was not anything we had expected. Instead of fresh, unadulterated shrimp under a zesty citrus shower complemented by crisp green lettuce (this is how it's usually prepared in Asia,) it was suffocating in a coagulated spicy red paste. Abominable! Speaking of abominations, both the Pears and Prawns and the Pleasing Garlic, despite the clever appellations, should be chucked from the menu...
...white clan of song-and-dance people who own the riverboat theater are a bland and predictable lot, living through formula heartaches: economic ups and downs, marital tussles, the twinges of age, dreams of what might have been. By contrast, the mulatto singer Julie, who passes for white, has a much more distinct and provocative situation. She is a leading lady desired by every man. The fellow actor who marries her knows and accepts her ethnic identity -- a remarkable thing in the Deep South of the 1880s, yet never explored in the script. Her moments, superbly acted and sung...