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...only at the mention of a possible bibliographic citation for our topic. You can diagnose an obsessed thesis writer using the following check-list of symptoms: the room is piled high with over-due library books; you can't see the desk for the post-it notes and index cards covering it; and judging from the wastebasket, a normal meal consists of Cracklin' Oat Bran in a paper cup and two cans of Coke. The Room 13 sign that asks, "You want that thesis chapter when?" suddenly speaks to the obsessed senior and may take up residence...
Another overly used, unreliable statistical measure is the Ratings Percentage Index, which the men's basketball and hockey selection committees use to make the NCAA selections and seedings in March. The RPI is calculated based on a weighted average of a team's record, the summed records of a team's opponents, and the summed records of a team's opponent's opponents...
...began softening his rhetoric on independence from China even before his victory in Saturday's poll, and on Monday he called for peace talks with Beijing, an offer promptly rejected by President Jiang Zemin. The investors who bolted Taiwanese equities Monday, shrinking the value of the Taipei stock market index by 2.5 percent, may have had a savvy read of the long-term implications of the election: Chen's victory defies Beijing's insistence on bringing the "rebel province" back under mainland rule in the near future - a Chinese policy document released in February set a deadline...
...March 5, the index stood at 38 percent, a tie for the highest figure to date. Interest rose sharply after New Year's and began climbing steadily before the New Hampshire primary and then before Super Tuesday...
...Kalb expects the index to fall in the coming weeks...