Word: predictions
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Late last night, the winners of five regionaland seven at-large bids to the NCAA tournamentwere announced. Although there is a chance thatthe NCAA will award the Crimson a regionalbid--two bids are generally awarded in NewEngland--Wheaton said he couldn't predict what thecommittee will...
Simon's N.H. Political Director James Coish said the senator will accept a second place finish, but said it is too early to predict the second-tier results of the primary...
...official said he could not predict whether a date for a visit by Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev would be set then. But, the official said, "a scenario for a summit is developing...
...these cases show anything, it's that the tenure process is riddled with subjectivity and contradiction. Worse still, the current system cannot even begin to predict how good one's scholarship will be after he or she receives a life-time position...
...wonders, then, why no one has tried the obvious--why tenure appointments aren't made according to an objective, standardized method that can predict future performance with accuracy. Standardization, after all, is a well-established substitute for subjective and otherwise difficult decisions in admissions offices at every university, and it really does make things much simpler for everyone involved. There ought to be such a fool-proof method when it comes to tenure...