Word: five-to-four
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...sampling debate fell by the wayside, as opponents described the process as unconstitutional wild guessing--and supporters, upholding the counterintuitive position that guesses can improve accuracy, were hard pressed to explain standard deviations in sound bites. In the end, the matter was put to an end by a five-to-four Supreme Court decision, and the unadjusted numbers were released by the Census Bureau two weeks ago--but as with another recent five-to-four decision, the question has hardly died away...
...proposal passed by a five-to-four margin at Monday night's council meeting-- the same margin by which the previous proposal passed...
...progressive Cambridge Civic Association (CCA) kept its five-to-four majority over the more conservative Independents on the Cambridge City Council, while the School Committee is once again evenly split between the two camps...
...resolution, passed by a five-to-four vote of the council's Committee on Residential Life Tuesday, also calls for increased student participation on the selection of Commencement speakers...
...City Council voted to extend spousal privileges to unmarried domestic partners by a five-to-four vote Monday night...