Word: polling
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...figure deal with St. Martin's Press to publish a book in February. Her collaborator: Andrew Morton, best-selling royal biographer, whose Princess Diana book was a sensation on both sides of the Atlantic (and is now being turned into a movie by "The Lion in Winter" producer Martin Poll). In addition, says the Post, it looks as though Monica will be sitting down to talk with ABC's Barbara Walters sometime soon...
With a win over Brown, the Crimson (10-4-1, 5-1 Ivy), ranked No. 23 in the coaches' poll, would secure a spot in the NCAA tournament. But losing to the lowly Bears (7-8-1, 1-4-1) would probably relegate the Crimson to a seed in the bottom half of the 48-team draw...
...describes the instinct toward double standards for free speech in statistical terms, pointing to poll results that despite overwhelming support for the notion of free speech, 68 percent of people 25 to 35 years old favored a ban on radio or television statements indicating that "some races of people are better than others." Perhaps some Harvard students also forget their commitment to free speech when speech is used against them...
While the polls are remarkably similar to last season's standings (with the notable exception of Harvard), five months of hockey remain before the ECAC championship is decided at Brown's Meehan Auditorium on March 21. Here is how the ECAC teams shape up before the season, listed in the order in which the league's coaches picked them to finish in the Preseason Coaches' Poll...
Because of the influx of Olympians, expectations are high; one preseason poll has the team ranked No. 5 in the nation. Mleczko says one of her challenges as captain will be preventing the expectation from becoming pressure...