In his lecture, Ball presented a number of cases like this, from Kosovo, Guatemala, Sierre Leone and Timor-Leste, where sound and verifiable data was used effectively to answer a small question, then stretched to answer a broader question for which it was not suited.
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The Wales under-20 star number eight collected the ball centrally on 22m and fought of a number of challenges before going over in the corner.
But the umpire signalled a no-ball because the required number of fielders was not in the circle.
To start her show, Madonna emerged from a giant glitter ball to sing first number Hung Up, dressed in an all-purple ensemble of jacket, velvet pedal pushers and knee-high boots.
Andy Powell, fresh from some barn-storming displays for Wales, was on hand to take the scoring pass, only for his scrum-half to spin the ball behind his supporting number eight.
We kept hold of the ball better, constructed a number of phases and were more clinical in the second half, converting our pressure into points.
It was "probably better than having a number one", Ball later recalled.
The match started in glorious sunshine, however, the players' fingers took some time to warm up judging by the number of times the ball was dropped in the scrappy opening exchanges.
Angry City boss Roberto Mancini raced to retrieve the ball, clattering into his opposite number David Moyes in the process, sparking a melee on the sidelines and prompting referee Peter Walton to dismiss them both.
The last ball was bowled at the Netherlands' number eight, Edgar Schiferli, who barely managed to get a bat on it.
Using the Sokka unit basically involves kicking a ball against a flat playing surface containing a number of electronic sensors that monitor accuracy and technique.
But he was on target two minutes later from a penalty which saw Bath lock Peter Short sent to the sin bin for pulling back Blues number eight Xavier Rush off the ball.
The mercurial number 10 tried to catch a high ball in the 22 behind his back but dropped it and then sliced his clearance into touch.
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Pujara, promoted to bat at number three above Dravid, timed the ball to perfection off the front and back foot as he sensed the chance to make a name for himself.
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The meagre 6, 050 crowd were stunned inside three minutes when skipper Rob Purdham brought Dorn onto a delightful inside ball, the full-back easily rounding opposite number Paul Wellens to open the scoring.
The Falcons went up a gear and Tom May popped a pass to Russell Winter and the big number eight surged away before slipping the ball to Parling to score in the corner, Wilkinson thumping over the conversion for a 10-7 lead.
In the dying seconds, Joe Hart charged upfield for the final corner of the match and nearly headed City into the quarterfinals, but his opposite number Rui Patricio managed to deflect the ball inches wide of the post, sending the Portuguese side through on away goals.
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Choreographer Patricia Wilcox has all the cast dance in the familiar styles of their respective eras and also has a few big tricks up her sleeve, as the well-executed "Dancing in the Streets" production number in Act 1 and the "Ball of Confusion" performance that opens Act 2.
Eisenhower loved almost everything about the course, except for one tree a loblolly pine on number 17, which seemed to attract his ball like a magnet.
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Plenty of other parties will be celebrating a renewed commitment to the environment, including the Green Inaugural Ball, chaired by Al Gore and hosted by a number of organizations like the American Council on Renewable Energy, the Energy Action Coalition, and the Vote Solar Initiative.
Their best-known experiment involved asking viewers to watch a brief video of people passing basketballs and to count the total number of times the players wearing white passed the ball.
The new Stimp has a few other minor improvements, such as tighter manufacturing tolerances to make sure the ball comes out of the holes just right and a serial number on each one.
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In addition to his first ball wicket on Sunday he hit a brisk 40, batting at number 11 in the first innings.
"I just didn't hit the ball that well and made quite a few mistakes, " said world number four Murray.
But when United stole the ball they were incisive, with Rooney and Ronaldo forcing Campbell into a number of last-ditch clearances.
She also warned HMRC not to "take its eye off the ball" despite the fact that tax credits will become one of a number of benefits to be rolled into the new universal credit payment.
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He fell to a brilliant diving catch by John Mooney off the final ball of the 45th over, but Bresnan, batting at a lowly number 10, hit two fours to at least take England past the 200 mark.
Owais Shah has always looked more comfortable at number six to me - he has the knack of hitting the ball in unusual places - and it has to be sensible to get Pietersen at the fall of the first wicket.
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