Word: censuses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...decision will be made by taking a galaxy census in a large chunk of space so distant that the galaxies in it are seen on earth as they were 5 or 6 billion years ago. If the galaxies prove to be crowded closer together than they are in the section of space near the earth, the primeval atom will have won the contest-since, according to the cosmic evolutionary theory, the universe was much smaller 6 billion years ago and its galaxies were therefore closer together...
There are more single men than single women in the U.S., the Census Bureau reported last week, but in the long run the women win out because they live longer. The bureau's statisticians explained that there are 14.3 single men (over 14 years old) for every 11.8 women, and in the 18-24 age group, the disproportion is even greater-4.2 single men to 3.1 single women. Yet. there are eight widows for every 2.3 widowers...
Still, in the last "official" census among scholars for the most eminent composers of all time, Rossini tied with Benjamin Britten for 59th place; and that isn't doing badly at all. Certainly, one must grant that Rossini had a great talent for melody and for using the human voice superbly (he was a fine professional singer himself). He also knew how to score well for orchestra; no other work of Rossini is orchestrated with such elegance and nuance as Ory. And the bedroom trio in Act II is inspired writing of the first order; Berlioz was quite right...
...country. In the village of Peredelkino outside Moscow, where Pasternak lives in a dacha given him by Stalin,* the local writers' colony complained: "We cannot continue to breathe the same air. It is necessary to ask the government that Pasternak be excluded from the forthcoming population census...
...friendly Legislature would be helpful to Furcolo but there is a more important consideration. A new census will be taken in 1960 and Massachusetts will probably lose two or three Congressional seats. The Legislature will reapportion the state's districts, and the Republicans are harping on the possibility of a gerrymander should the Democrats win. Actually, gerrymander is a strong possibility no matter who wins...