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...always going to be a close race. But because of a Taiwanese rule that prohibits polling a full week before an election, no one could firmly predict how the voting would turn out. When unofficial polls showed Chen nudging ahead, Beijing added to the uncertainty by trying to browbeat the electorate into voting against him. But when all the ballots were counted, Chen had notched just over 39% of the votes. His closest rival, the independent candidate James Soong, had nearly 37%, while the KMT candidate, Vice President Lien Chan, slumped with a 23% showing...
University of North Carolina: UNC is the benevolent counterpart to "Shu-shef-skee" and his evil Dukies. Coached for years by Dean "The Dean" Smith, and now by the adequate Bill Guthridge, the Tar Heels have a special gambling place in my heart: every year I predict they'll make the Final Four, and every year they lose in the early rounds to the likes of Weber State. Who? Yeah, you don't know either. This year I corrected that and predicted they'd lose to a stronger Stanford in the second round. Instead, they appear to be on their...
...amenable to change than the NRA," says Branegan. "They have a business to run, and the NRA doesn't have to worry as much about public relations." And although NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre seems to enjoy his newly visible role as media enforcer, it's hard to predict whether his pleasure will wane if he looks around in the not-too-distant future and notices the NRA has been stranded, alone out in hard-line right field...
...when all students and faculty members would have to wear pajamas to class to feel proud of Harvard University has arrived (News, March 14). The implementation of randomization against the wishes of 82 percent of students led many to predict the homogenization of student culture and the proliferation of 80's dances, but never in our worst nightmares did we imagine Pajama...
...prospects look better than at any time in a decade. Business and consumer confidence is on the uptick, and there are indications the region is on the cusp of a period of extended growth, perhaps equal to the near decade of good times the U.S. has enjoyed. Most economists predict steady annual growth of 3% for at least the next three years, with no inflation to ruin the party. As in the U.S., technology and its impact on productivity may push Europe's normal economic cycle beyond historic levels. "Some elements of the new paradigm are in place," says William...