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'To the extent the State of the Union has degenerated into a political pep rally, I'm not sure why we're there.'
This term first appeared in 1996, when the Philadelphia Inquirer noted that Joe Lunardi, a spokesman for St. Joseph's University and a college-hoops junkie, referred to himself as a "bracketologist" when projecting the tournament field. In 2002, ESPN.com featured Lunardi's "bracketology" predictions, and since then the word...
Bracketology has expanded beyond basketball too. For example, a 2007 book called The Enlightened Bracketologist: The Final Four of Everything used the NCAA-tournament format to rank a wide range of minutiae, from cooking tools to hairstyles to animated characters. Bart Simpson outlasts Homer in a stirring first-round matchup...
"The recent report ... has the aviation alarmists in an uproar ... Unprofessional conduct by the controllers involved? Yes. Any effect on the safety of flight? No ... The boy was clearly saying what he was told to say ... There are enough real issues regarding aviation safety without having to manufacture phantom issues...
There may be plenty of reasons for the higher Oscars ratings: a blockbuster (Avatar) was nominated; there were twice as many Best Picture nominees; Twilight's dreamboat stars were trotted out like a big undead parade; and in a lousy economy, free TV is a cheap date. But another reason...