Word: censuses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...According to one apocryphal tale, an American population expert went to Saudi Arabia to take a census. He called on King Abdul Aziz al Saud (Ibn Saud), who told him: "You're wasting your time. There are 7 million people here." With apologies, the American said there could not be more than 3 million. "You're wrong," said the King. "There are at least 6 million." Begging forgiveness for his audacity, the American insisted that surely there were no more than 4 million. At this point the King held out his hand and closed the deal, bazaar-style, saying...
...years scientists have flocked to the Ecuadorian village of Vilcabamba, deep in the Andes, to study its amazingly vigorous people. Along with two similar mountain regions in the Soviet Caucasus and Pakistani Kashmir, Vilcabamba was believed to be populated by a large number of remarkably old inhabitants. A 1971 census listed 11.4% of the villagers in the over-60 category (compared with 4.5% elsewhere in rural Ecuador) and reported that nine of the 819 residents were 100 or older...
...middle-income group is in fact sending more children to college," Larry E. Suter, U.S. Census Bureau reporter, said yesterday. "This may affect the Congressional debate," Suter added...
...Hoily, research assistant to Moynihan, yesterday criticized the Census Bureau's report, calling its figures "misleading." "We have figures that show the percentage of middle-income students enrolled in college has declined--just not as much as people thought," Holly said...
...yesterday, Skee Smith, public affairs representative for the Commission on Education, also criticized the Census Bureau's report. Smith said that Ernst Boyer, the Commissioner for Education, thinks "the figures aren't representative of pressure on middle-income groups," but that families "may be sacrificing more," or limiting their choices for a college...