"Yet it was a relatively ordinary violent tornado, " according to Brooks, an acknowledged expert on the climatology and probability of twisters.

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Even Daniel Rubinfeld, a former U.S. Department of Justice economist and an expert working on behalf of the NCAA, acknowledged in a March brief that a loss of licensing revenue could reduce how much schools spend on coaches and training facilities (cue the silencing of boom cranes across the Southeastern Conference).

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Widely acknowledged to be a world authority on distance learning, Mr Bear acts as an expert witness for the FBI on trials involving so called diploma mills where degrees are sold for cash.

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