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UF Researchers: For The Best Decisions, Use a Simple Majority Vote

GAINESVILLE — A committee has just arrived at a final list of five applicants for an important job opening. In order to be a finalist, a candidate must receive a yes’ vote from a specified majority of the committee.

Filed under Business, Politics, Research on Thursday, December 17, 1998.

UF To Open Central And Eastern Europe’s First American Law Program

GAINESVILLE — Central and Eastern Europe’s first academic program in American jurisprudence debuts next week with the launch of the University of Florida’s Center for American Law Studies.

Filed under Education, Law, Politics, Research on Tuesday, September 29, 1998.

UF Researcher: States Surge Ahead Of Faltering Federal Government

GAINESVILLE — The 90s may be remembered for the resurgence of the states, not a federal government mired in politics or scandals, says a University of Florida researcher.

Filed under Florida, Law, Politics, Research on Tuesday, May 12, 1998.

UF Researcher: Militias Are Armed, Dangerous — And Educated

GAINESVILLE — Militia groups have the weapons, explosives — and a surprising degree of education — to back up their threats of increased violence as the new millennium approaches, says a University of Florida researcher who infiltrated the movement.

Filed under Florida, Law, Politics, Research on Friday, May 8, 1998.

UF Race Relations Expert Says Racism Is At Its Worst In 30 Years

GAINESVILLE — Three decades after the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., racism remains firmly entrenched in American society, and popular culture and the news media are at least partly to blame, a University of Florida racial relations expert says.

Filed under Black, Politics, Race, Research on Monday, March 30, 1998.