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...authors to draw conclusions on miscast votes. Confused or rushed voters would sometimes vote for the candidate adjacent to the one they meant to support. “An estimate of adjacency misvoting,” according to the study, was the increase in votes a minor candidate would garner when he or she was placed next to a major candidate on a certain ballot. Voting results were contrasted with demographic data to see which groups were most likely to cast erroneous votes. The study estimates that, in a close race, Republican Schwarzenegger would have received an 0.06 percent boost...
...brothers contacted heads of state and media outlets across the globe to garner support for their holiday. In 1973, 15 countries celebrated the holiday. Today, people in 180 nations will observe World Hello Day, according to the McCormack brothers...
...Princeton’s meticulous, reserved play on consecutive nights.To hang with Penn, Harvard will have to slow down the Quakers’ up-tempo attack. Crimson guards will need to contain unanimous 2006 Ivy League player of the Year Ibrahim Jaaber, a senior whose skills would likely garner him a significant role at almost any major college basketball program. At the same time, Harvard’s big men will have to shut down bruising senior forwards Mark Zoller, a first-team All Ivy selection last year, and Steve Danley.Stopping the notorious Princeton offense will require patience and excellent...
Many idealistic students brought to Israel by ISM, including Rachel Corrie, could be described as naïve pawns of Palestinian extremists looking to garner sympathy from the Western media. This sentiment was probably best expressed by a Hamas activist, who said of Corrie: “Her death serves me more than it served her. Going in front of the tanks was heroic. Her death will bring more attention than the other 2,000 martyrs...
...Nothing has been done to educate the people at the grass roots, thus leaving a very shaky foundation. The development of democracy is a long and grueling process, and unless the public is educated, checks and balances can be undermined by the next leader who has the means to garner the most votes. Paul Chaiyodsilp Pak Kret, Thailand...