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...Voters rank candidates on the ballot in order of their preferences. When votes are counted, some candidates reach the “quota” needed for election just from ballots where they were ranked number one. Once a candidate has reached quota, any extra votes for that candidate are “distributed” to the next-choice candidates on those ballots...
...wraps up the regular season , Harvard’s goal is to finish at least third in the conference. With that rank, the Crimson would have home ice for the best-of-three opening playoff round in two weeks and a more favorable matchup should Harvard advance to the ECAC Championship in Lake Placid. There, the fourth- and fifth-place teams must compete in a separate play-in game. The winner faces the daunting task of beating a well-rested Cornell the following...
...Senft: It's a very challenging thing to put yourself through, and it can also be enormously nerve-wracking. As a judge, we have to put skaters in a rank as we go, which means we have to keep track of what every skater does and continually compare them. So in a field of 30 skaters, we have to determine who should be 17th, and that requires very serious attention over an extended period of time. Then when the program's over, we have 20 seconds to make a decision that will be scrutinized and criticized for years to come...
...that to challenge Arafat "at a time when Israeli tanks are 70 meters from his office would be the height of treachery." Nonetheless, insider accounts suggest that Rajoub was essentially urging Arafat to provide public political backing for the orders he gives in private, making clear to the Palestinian rank-and-file where their leader stands. But Arafat is habitually inclined to ambiguity, which has allowed him room for the maneuvering that has been the hallmark of his more than three decades as an often improbable political survivor. And until that changes, Rajoub may just have to take his licks...
Former FAS deans have come to the position with a variety of backgrounds—while some have served as department chairs, others have risen to the deanship straight from the rank and file of the Faculty...