Word: minuses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...basic error, called the "sampling error," is plus or minus two to three per cent; this is mathematically inherent in the small sample size. To decrease this error by half, the sample size would have to be quadrupled, which would be very expensive and would slow down the process so much that the results published would no longer be an accurate reflection of public opinion at the time...
...Impediment. In Paris, the North Vietnamese vowed that they would not talk without the presence of an N.L.F. delegation. The N.L.F. declared that there was no impediment to three-sided talks (minus Saigon) and that it was perfectly willing to discuss South Vietnamese affairs, indeed to speak for South Viet Nam-exactly what Thieu fears it will try to do anyway...
...their first performance Miss Hahn's company appeared on an empty stage, against a dreary beige backdrop minus all lighting effects. The dancers began without music, illustrating the materials of dance while Miss Hahn provided the verbal explanations. They started with the most basic component: movement. Movement for dance, Miss Hahn said, must be defined in its broadest sense. "To limit oneself to certain movements which are supposed to be correct or beautiful [as classical ballet does] is to bar oneself from an infinitely varied world. The richness of dance lies in its ability to draw from the real world...
Yale quarterback Brian Dowling looked unstoppable again last Saturday as he directed a 35-13 rout of Brown, Dowling contributed 303 yards to Yale's record 614-yard attack. Brown, minus its first-string quarterback, could find no defense against the incredible Dowling. He threw two touchdown bombs of 40 and 75 yards to halfback Calvin Hill. When he could see no receiver down field in the second quarter he simply ran it in himself from 54 yards...
...known to the world that this faithful reader has made an epochal invention, the minus vote. In addition to the plus vote that every voter already has to vote for a candidate, he will now be given a minus vote to be used against a candidate. At the election, the total of a candidate's minus votes will be deducted from that of his plus votes. In this way, if a voter cannot favor any candidate, he can at least cast a ballot against the one he likes least. Too bad this solution comes too late for the November...