Word: wildcard
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Patriots, 2-4 in their first six games, are 5-1 in the six games since then. At 7-5, they are tied with Cleveland in the race for the second AFC wildcard spot, although they have the edge because of a better conference record, the first tiebreaking criterion...
Three searches. One in quantitative style sociology, a position which six of seven people offered have refused in the last few years. One in institutional analysis, for which Associate Professor of Sociology Paul Starr is being considered. One wildcard spot for former Associate Professor Sociology Theda R. Skocpol, whose oatroversial tenure denial case is being reviewed for the second time by an ad hoc committee...
...things on the number of students not returning," said Herlihy. "What has to be addressed is how to eliminate this wildcard...
There was no NCAA tournament berth either; Boston University had already been named to fill the Eastern wildcard slot...
Bakshian's methods are simple; he labels his scoring system the "Seven Deadly Whims." He moves from candidate to candidate, judging each on the basis of (1) leadership, (2) communication, (3) organization, (4) war chest, (5) age/health, (6) marriage/family and (7) wildcard. A candidate's positions on the issues are not included, he says, because issues fit into the other categories. At the end of the book, the horses are given scores, the scores are tallied up to find the winners...