To find a quantitative way to rank players, co-author and Northwestern graduate student Josh Waitzman first wrote software to pull play-by-play statistical information from the 2008 Euro Cup website.

为了找到一种方法量化球员的表现来排名，该论文的合作作者，西北大学毕业生 Josh Waitzman 首先写了一个软件，从 2008 欧洲杯网站上下载了比赛的详细统计数据。

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General Clark, who had earlier tried to pull rank on Lieutenant Kerry, dropped out of the race the next day.

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And unlike at other Silicon Valley companies, where engineers rank as alpha dogs, LinkedIn's salespeople pull off the most daring stunts.

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Then the doctor called for me and told me to pull myself together, I was a senior rank.

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