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There are five categories of caucus-goers, according to Bender, and many voters span several categories: the party core; the union and association members; those who support a particular candidate; those dragged along by voters in the first three groups; and the merely curious. "The thing about the 'drag' and the 'curious' is that it's really hard to poll beforehand who they are because they don't know who they are until just before the caucuses," Bender says. Even inside the caucus room the 'drag' are unpredictable because they are so prone to changing horses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Psyching Out the Caucuses | 1/1/2008 | See Source »

...result. Junior co-captain Louis Caputo (184 lb.), seeded fourth, had a rough start to the tournament, losing by fall to Derek Ross of Nebraska-Kearny in just 51 seconds, banishing him to wrestlebacks. The veteran recovered, however, to record six straight victories over a two-day span, including a major decision and two technical falls. Caputo then faced third seed Christian Sinnott of Central Michigan for the bout to decide third place. After falling to Sinnott, 5-2, Caputo was awarded a fifth-place finish when his opponent forfeited the deciding bout. Also wrestling for the Crimson were freshman...

Author: By Tony D. Qian, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wrestling Finishes 17th at Midlands | 12/31/2007 | See Source »

...direction early in the second half. His long arms and athleticism allowed him to keep the center of the zone clogged, enabling his teammates to extend the zone and stifle Vermont’s previously unhindered scoring machine, allowing only three points during a seven minute span in which the Crimson scored 24, turning a fifteen point halftime deficit into a four point lead...

Author: By Jonathan B. Steinman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Power Forward Delivers in Losses | 12/17/2007 | See Source »

...Life span...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Let There Be Light | 12/6/2007 | See Source »

Research has long documented that people may pay for shorter slumber with a shorter life span. Sleep is the body's opportunity to rest and repair what the day has wrought, and if your heart is working at its 3 p.m. rate when the clock hits 3 a.m., it's simply going to wear out faster. In the new study, epidemiologist Jane Ferrie questioned 7,700 British civil servants about their sleep habits over an eight-year period and found that those who slept six to eight hours nightly at the beginning of the study but decreased the amount...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Good Night's Sleep | 12/6/2007 | See Source »

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