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...sites. Layering demographic and TAB traffic data over maps of billboard locales, the study delivered the sharpest outdoor ratings the industry has seen. Nielsen found that, on average, Chicagoans pass 66 outdoor displays each day. TAB is conducting its own industry-funded study to measure the likelihood that a person passing an ad will...
...increase the likelihood of terrorism in the U.S. (44% very concerned). American workers can't compete with low wages (43%). increase the amount of crime (40%). take jobs away from Americans (35%). overcrowd the country, with too many people in the U.S. now (33%). weaken American way of life...
They increase the likelihood of terrorism...
...most common complaint about pre-assignment is that such a system would eliminate the opportunity for freshmen to choose their roommates. But with around 150 students assigned to each House each year, the likelihood of being unable to find two or three people to live with would be a small one. And in those few unlikely cases where a freshman felt unable to find compatible roommates among their housing cohort, a procedure for early transfers, before the beginning of sophomore year, could be put in place...
Dershowitz does suggest a baseline for deciding when preemption is right. His sketch for a formula pits the seriousness of an incident and its likeliness without preemption against the harm caused by preemption and its likelihood of success...