swilson
Will the first letter of Sunday's New York Times front page headline be a vowel or consonant?
http://www.nytimes.com/indexes/2008/06/08/pageone/scan/index.html
The main front page headline accompanying the photo reads 'The long Road to a Clinton Exit'.
Background:
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/todayspaper/index.html
Settlement details:As visible at: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/todayspaper/index.html.
The "Front page headline" is defined as the text accompanying and displayed above the largest photograph on the front page of Sunday's print edition.
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- Activity: H$11,682 |
- Predictions: 59 |
Comments: 15
Suspend date: Sat 7th Jun 2008 5:59pm PST
Settlement date: Sun 8th Jun 2008 8:46am PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Sat 7th Jun 2008 5:59pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
Initial likelihoods: Vowel: 50%, Consonant: 50%
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The Settlement Details for this market state:
"The "Front page headline" is defined as the text accompanying and displayed above the largest photograph on the front page of Sunday's print edition."
There is no text above the largest photo in today's, Sunday, New York Times (NYC Edition) ... the text appears below the largest photo.
My 'common sense' hit is that this ought settle using the text below ... otherwise, I guess, it could be voided.
(First letter is a consonant: "T")
<http://www.nytimes.com/pages/pageone/scannat/index.html>
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: http://www.nytimes.com/indexes/2008/06/08/pageone/scan/index.html
Consonant. " T "
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: http://www.nytimes.com/indexes/2008/06/08/pageone/scan/index.html
The main front page headline accompanying the photo reads 'The long Road to a Clinton Exit'.
Suspend date: Sat 7th Jun 2008 5:59pm PST
Settlement date: Sun 8th Jun 2008 8:46am PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Sat 7th Jun 2008 5:59pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled details 
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Does this work? Let me know if you think it should be further clarified.
does the edition need to be specified? probably. i'd vote for National, but either is fine by me. it's probably just wise to specify one, so that arguments don't arise, if the editions have different headlines.
(other than the small type indicating the edition ;-)
That said, I'd specify one or the other.
"The "Front page headline" is defined as the text accompanying and displayed above the largest photograph on the front page of Sunday's print edition."
There is no text above the largest photo in today's, Sunday, New York Times (NYC Edition) ... the text appears below the largest photo.
My 'common sense' hit is that this ought settle using the text below ... otherwise, I guess, it could be voided.
(First letter is a consonant: "T")
<http://www.nytimes.com/pages/pageone/scannat/index.html>
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