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...Average of surveyed countries, not including views of subject nation Source: BBC World Service poll conducted by GlobeScan, with 28,389 interviews in 27 countries. Margin of error per country ranges from 3.1 to 4.9 percentage points...
...explains this concept in one part of her “Off-Modern Manifesto,” also on display as a part of the exhibit. “To be human means to err,” Boym writes. “Yet, this margin of error is our margin of freedom. It’s a choice beyond the multiple choices programmed for us, an interaction excluded from computerized interactivity. The error is a chance encounter between us and the machines in which we surprise each other. The art of computer erring is neither high tech...
...uncertainty about what the future holds in store is a motivating factor behind the teaching of these theories. “We don’t know how fast these climate changes are going to happen,” she says. “The margin of uncertainty about any of these problems is great enough that we could be very badly surprised.” The fact that our lens into the future is cloudy provides an impetus to teach these ideas in a cautionary context...
...Badgers controlled the run of play throughout regulation, outshooting the Crimson by a wide margin in each of the first three periods en route to a 36-14 edge by the end of regulation. Wisconsin was able to possess the puck for extended stretches, cycling the puck out of the corners with ease, but generated few genuine scoring chances...
...post presence to not only dominate the Ivy League, but to make a game out of a first-round matchup in the NCAA tournament.The 2-11 non-conference mark will hurt Harvard’s seeding. The Crimson, however, has ripped off 12 straight wins by an average margin of 17.3 points a game. Harvard’s guard trio of Emily Tay, Lindsay Hallion, and Niki Finelli is athletic enough to create offense and defend against a Top 25 team. But rebounding and defense take center stage in NCAA tournament games.And the Crimson’s low-post game...