They were not used in this analysis to achieve a better case to variable ratio in the multivariate analysis.
Is it possible the city is inflating or hyping the number to try to make a better case in Washington?
The Confederates had a better case: in 1860, Abraham Lincoln got barely thirty-nine per cent of the vote, a smaller share than any Presidential winner since.
Now, in some ways White Christmas had a better case than Time Stands Still.
Still, a conductor with real credentials in contemporary music might have made a better case for Mr. Shore's work.
However, in my opinion authors should make a better case for the biological meaningfulness of these results.
Sure, Evan and Jaron could still be paying their dues at coffeehouses or, in a better-case scenario, opening a James Taylor show, but the fact is that they are doing a lot more good playing catchy folk-pop ballads to an audience that, in 25 years or so, when it's running the country, will fondly remember having come of age to the boyish grin of MTV's Carson Daly.
And in a better-known case in March 1995, the Aum Shinrikyo cult in Japan, which after experimenting unsuccessfully with the biological agents anthrax and botulinum, released the nerve agent sarin into the Tokyo subway system, killing 12 and sickening thousands.
In the best case--in a better job market--you'll have multiple offers to compare and contrast.
The tough-talk also puts it in a better position in case of fraud investigations.
It assumes vouchers to be a free market choice that drives competition in the marketplace, resulting in a better product -- in this case higher student achievement.
