Word: faint
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Systematic errors in machine reading of ballots almost universally result in undercounting. They occur, for example, when a chad does not separate from the ballot card or when a mark on an optically scanned form is too faint. Manual counting in precincts that use machine voting thus increases the number of votes tabulated for both parties. Machines do not favor one candidate or the other, and the percentage of votes obtained by each party usually remains the same after a fair manual recount--unless extra ballots turn up. A manual recount using different standards to decide voter intention...
...Solitude. Time passes very strangely in a large house full of windows. Thunderstorms come and go, papers are written. There are no sounds, however faint, of other people leaving for class or coming back, singing in the shower, complaining to each other, going to meals: The collective rhythm is completely absent and so, as a result, morning comes and goes in the blink of a whole novel (who knew there were so many hours before noon?) or is lost...
...it’s galling to resort to heaping such faint praise upon the film when it makes so resolute an effort to stay superficial on every level. It spells out themes and motivations with exasperatingly banal clarity, with the odd obliquely stated plot point tossed in for variety. Time after time, the filmmakers mistake blunt musings for character depth and obvious platitudes for sage utterances. Most insultingly, the film has an annoyingly high “tired scenario” quotient, squeezing in a Big Game, multiple teacher-student confrontations, and a half-serious flirtation between Jamal...
...finish a recount by the December 12 "safe harbor" deadline that loomed just two hours after the court's decision was made public. Or did it leave wiggle room to get the counts in by the 18th? The Gore campaign could only cling to that last, faint hope...
...more than stare at his exotic subjects. He appropriated their spirit. He went along collecting strange artifacts-he once photographed himself in Algerian costume. The entrance to the exhibit showcases a series of self-portraits in which a fully clothed Day is shown on a dark field, with a faint nude black man in the background. Day seems to be audaciously claiming the "foreign" spirit...