Word: predictableness
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...impossible to predict how many Asians will become addicted as their access to gambling increases, but "there are going to be victims," says Rachel Volberg, a U.S.-based sociologist and an expert in gambling addiction. Volberg was one of the authors of a 1999 study examining the impact of gambling in the U.S. that found the presence of venues such as casinos and horse-racing tracks roughly doubles the incidence of problem and pathological gambling in the surrounding community within a range of 50 miles (80 km). Throughout the world, Volberg says, the introduction of gambling typically results...
...It’s kind of our home course, it definitely feels familiar,” senior co-ed captain Kyle Kovacs said. “We seem to be able to predict it a little bit better...
...took advantage of a first-half goal by co-captain Megan Merritt and a strong defensive performance from sophomore goalkeeper Lauren Mann to record its second consecutive Ivy win. “Days like this are always exciting,” Merritt said. “You can never predict the outcome. The team really needed to bring the energy and heart, and I think we did.” The defense keyed the Crimson’s victory, as the unit helped Mann record her ninth shutout of the season—two short of Harvard?...
...conflict between the provinces and the center over these policies," says Li Datong, "it's not because of a dispute over the policies, it's because there's a dispute over who benefits. When the people who have benefited have to lose power, then it's very hard to predict what will happen." Given such challenges, it's probably just as well Hu managed to inject a brief moment of humor into the Party Congress. He may not have much to laugh about in coming years...
Abortion is no less prevalent where the procedure is prohibited, according to a study from the Guttmacher Institute and World Health Organization. It's just more dangerous. "The [legal] status of abortion seems to predict not the number of abortions that occur but the safety," says author Dr. Gilda Sedgh. Half of the 42million abortions worldwide are performed by unskilled individuals or in unhygienic conditions. Overall, abortion is down; Eastern Europe has the highest rate, with 105 abortions per 100 births...