What they neglect to reveal is that a sizable portion of those who opposed the law do so because they don't think it goes far enough, not because it goes too far.
What it does mean is that a sizable percentage of the Tea Party types were born into a segregated America, many of them in the South or in the new working-class suburbs of the North, and lived through the marches and riots that punctuated the cultural and political upheaval of the 1960s.
And part of the reason that margin was smaller, political analysts say, is that a sizable portion of New Yorkers felt that the mayor had not been responsive to their complaints about middle-class pocketbook issues, like higher taxes and parking fees.
I'm not sure anything will change if people start to boycott the Oscars, just as I fear that Elba might have been wasting his breath talking to those MPs last week, but what is encouraging is that a sizable number of people are beginning to understand the frustrations black and minority artists have over a lack of opportunities and a lack of recognition.
Instead, the analysts say, the lingering issue about I.B.M. is that a sizable portion of the drastically improved profit performance has come from cost-cutting, share repurchase programs and overfinancing of the pension fund, which can be added to reported earnings.
The fact is that a sizable proportion of criminals sentenced for nonviolent offenses like buying dope is, in fact, chronically violent.
Natural Cycles' bet is that a sizable proportion of couples will be open to an app-wrapped addition joining their mix.
Perhaps most importantly is that a sizable percentage of the subjects (50 and 36% in the riboflavin and placebo groups, respectively) used pain medication during the race and some used pain medication in the 10-day post-race period.
The fact of the matter is that a sizable number of users are still using IE6 (over 5% of TechCrunch readers still use it, and the global marketshare is closer to 20%).
But one interesting counter-trend that Popcorn also discovered is that a sizable minority of youth (35percentt of those she surveyed) were going in the opposite direction within the culture of recession - not just spending more, but partying like it's 1999, drinking and smoking more (uh-oh) and having more sex.
