Word: skewness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...true that the Red Sox enter the playoffs with more walks and a higher OPS than the Cubs. But since pitchers don't hit in the American League, those numbers tend to skew higher in the junior circuit. Bottom line: if the Cubs can stay patient and pound like they've done all summer, it'll be a fun fall on the North Side...
...detected by standard imaging radar and shot down, preferably with smart rocks. But little time remains once the RVs are spotted, which means a defense runs the risk of being overwhelmed. In addition, the Soviets could blind radar with nuclear bursts in the sky and skew targeting by outfitting their RVs with stubby wings that would allow them to maneuver and escape the defensive rockets. Like fast-burn missiles in boost phase and decoys in midcourse, stubby wings are just one of the available conventional methods the Soviets might use to counter complicated Star Wars technologies. Whatever obstacles SDI must...
...airing it is not "socially responsible" (but, he says, the network's president and CEO Les Moonves calls the shots). "Sure, people have asked 'are you crazy?' says Kelly Kahl, the network's scheduling guru. "And internally, some people are nervous. But we're juiced for this. CBS may skew older than the other networks, but it doesn't always have to be that way. MMA is something worth betting...
...politics have little in common with the mainland's; the main competitors are not Democrats and Republicans, but "commonwealthers" and "statehooders," and while they are divided into reds and blues, the reds of the commonwealth party are more likely to favor Democrats, while the blues of the statehood party skew more Republican. Puerto Rico residents do serve in the U.S. military, but they do not pay U.S. income taxes, and many of them will not root for the U.S. Olympic team this summer, because they've got their...
...group. Online data appears to challenge the concept of the religious right. When applied to the religious category, the Democrat types indicated high percentages for Christian Websites - specifically bible study sites - while red staters were most likely to visit Catholic sites, such as Catholic Answers, along with the expected skew towards family values focused sites...