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...list.This inertia mainly plagues the national rankings, but many of the same problems attend to conference polls. In the Ivy League above all, where there is no possibility of qualifying for the playoffs, where the only relevant title is the Ancient Eight crown, and strength of schedule and margin of victory are basically irrelevant, are these primary postulates preposterous.The initial expectations they contain, though, heavily influence the opinions of teams (adverse or positive effects), fans, and writers. What I mean to say is, until a few hours ago, I still thought 1-3 Brown was better than 4-0 Princeton...
...margin of error for the entire sample is approximately +/- 4 percentage points. The margin of error is higher for subgroups. Surveys are subject to other error sources as well, including sampling coverage error, recording error, and respondent error...
...associate professor of political science at West Virginian University in Morgantown. "Although ethics allegations have been thoroughly aired here, they haven't seemed to stick." Indeed, a Majority Watch poll of 1,003 registered voters conducted at the end of August put Mollohan up, 52% to 42%, with a margin of error of 3%. That's easy enough to explain after 24 years in Congress, said Mollohan's campaign manager, Gerry Griffith. "One man's pork is another man's job, another man's progress. People here on the ground can see, hear and touch the results of his work...
...Wakim campaign trailed the incumbent in fund-raising by a 2-1 margin, but it received a $100,000 boost Aug. 16 from First Lady Laura Bush. About 250 to 300 people turned out for a rally in Fairmont, a small hill community in northwestern West Virginia that calls itself "the friendly city." Wakim has also benefited from a flurry of direct-mail ads and television spots attacking Mollohan for the federal funds he has steered to the non-profit groups Those ads - including one mailer that screams, "The Worst Tradition in Government" - are paid for by the Economic Freedom...
...losing focus and fading towards the end.In the opening frame, Harvard and Princeton battled through the first few points before the Crimson jumped out to a 13-9 lead. But with Harvard ahead 17-14, the Tigers went on a 9-0 run to open up a six-point margin. The Crimson did not recover, as Princeton won 30-24 to take the 1-0 match lead.In game two, neither team led by more than three points until the Tigers moved ahead, 16-12. From there, Princeton continued to slowly increase its lead and coasted to a 30-23 finish.The...