Word: spoilers
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Yale was thought to be dangerous, a potential spoiler of Harvard’s undefeated season and streak of recent Game successes. The Bulldogs were riding high after a convincing win over Princeton. They had a formidable threat in their backfield, a talented wide receiver and a strong line...
Another possible spoiler in the league this season will be Brown, who did not graduate any of its main players and returns last year’s captain Jessica Link, who gave her team an incredible near-upset of Harvard in the ECAC semifinals...
Even before voters head to the polls, IRV would generate a ripple effect on the campaign process. Efforts to bar third-party candidates from the ballot would be moot, since they would have little chance of playing a spoiler role in any election. More significantly, candidates without a clear majority would need to depend on more than just first-place votes to gain victory, so IRV would curb negative campaigning...
...people is a difficult task, as evidenced by its sparse usage nationwide. One significant barrier to its implementation is a perceived threat to the two-party system. But IRV, at least initially, will likely strengthen the two-party system, because it will decrease the chances of a third-party spoiler. So politicians have little excuse not to push for it. More serious concerns involve educating voters about the ranking system and refitting (or replacing) older punch-card and pull-lever voting technologies. But asking voters to rank candidates in their order of preference is hardly an overwhelmingly unreasonable (or confusing...
...proud victor over Sony in setting the standards for the first generation of DVDs in the 1990s, Toshiba is in no mood to concede its lead. Toshiba team leader Hisashi Yamada, a key player in the first DVD war, seems to delight in playing the role of the spoiler yet again in the face of what many at Toshiba perceive as Sony's arrogance. "The way of Sony is very simple," says Yamada. "'Our format is best,' they say. 'You should adopt it,' they say. Only that. No compromise." But, he adds with a mischievous grin, "we did not think...