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...remaining one and thereby ensuring that the No. 1 team—this year Cornell—has the smoothest road to a potential title. Should the majority of opening-round winners be culled from seeds five through eight, the Crimson and Colgate will both, because of that pairing method, face sub-.500 opponents separated by one to three points at season?...
There is a method to this mathematical formula’s madness, however. Harvard’s boost had little, if anything, to do with its own struggles. But perfectly timed missteps from UMass-Lowell, Boston University, and New Hampshire—all of which held a narrow lead over the Crimson a week ago—allowed Harvard to salvage an otherwise forgettable weekend...
This arrangement was nearly replicated in the Pairwise Rankings—which aim to predict the method used by the NCAA Selection Committee—except for a swap of the Big Green and Badgers...
...this technique sandbox or Stanislavsky? "Children are natural Method actors," says Emily Mortimer, who is McElhone's mother in Frankie. "It's because there are no tricks at their disposal. The only thing they can do is what they do in life: to play and use their imaginations." The boy plays Frankie into a fully realized character, preternaturally alert to the emotions swirling around...
...Economics Department have used TheFacebook in their studies, too. Indeed, with its widespread popularity and its high traffic, the networking website—besides offering a way to find out your crush’s relationship status—might prove to be the most refined method of person-to-person social research...