Word: performancy
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...Bradley than polling had anticipated. Daniel J. Hopkins ’00, a post-graduate fellow in government and social studies, said that the “Bradley effect” is “a systematic difference between how black candidates poll before the election and how they perform in the election itself.” But Hopkins said that the Bradley effect is unlikely to play a major role in future elections. In his study, which was released earlier this year, Hopkins analyzed gubernatorial and U.S. Senate elections between 1989 and 2006 that featured either a black...
...because doing so reduces the potential scale of their future liabilities. The shift means firms will assure you, the employee, of how much they are putting into your retirement fund instead of promising how much you'll end up with. That latter amount will depend on how your investments perform rather than on the scope of your employer's pledge. "When my father was working, he knew what he would retire on," says Williams. "Now the market risk will be borne on the shoulders of employees...
Cooler yet is the touch pad's iPhone-like gesture system. Drag one to four fingers across the surface to perform a variety of tasks--move your cursor, zoom, scroll through documents, even navigate among alternate desktops you can create on your machine...
...form of dance drama. “What this show holds is not only new for us on campus, but marks a new trend in the production of the dance form globally,” says Amrapali Maitra ’10, who directed last year’s performance. “They are exploring the dance form in similar ways as professionals are in India.” “Kalpanam” brings together professional-caliber dancing with a story that speaks to new audiences. Maitra admires the craft and creativity that the production?...
...Clinging to a narrow lead in Ohio, perhaps the most closely contested state in the nation, Obama continues to perform best with women of all races, who back him over McCain by 55% to 43%, a narrow but crucial lead and a slight improvement from a week before...