Word: collectively
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Essay about "The Science & Snares of Statistics" [Sept. 8] reminds me of an observation by Sir Josiah Stamp (1880-1941), himself a player of the game: "The government are very keen on amassing statistics. They collect them, raise them to the nth power, take the cube root and prepare wonderful diagrams. But you must never forget that every one of these figures comes in the first instance from the village watchman, who just puts down what he damn pleases...
...idea is simply to pressure banks into refusing to accept uncoded checks as too slow and costly to collect. So far, the only notable effect has been some informal choosing of sides over the whole question of uncoded checks. Out in Las Vegas, Caesar's Palace was quick to announce that casino customers were welcome to use them as usual. On the other hand, saloon keepers and merchants, who often find that a universal check is made of rubber, are just as eager to stretch the law. "Sorry," cashiers at an A. & P. store in Atlanta told check-seeking...
Heckling in Hue. Undaunted, the eleven candidates for President stepped up their own efforts to collect ballots...
...everywhere levying piasters to pay for the war. Even in neutral or government-controlled areas, Allied pilots have learned that a line of trucks stopped on a road below usually means that the V.C. have set up an impromptu but effective tollbooth. With the piasters that their taxmen collect, well-dressed V.C. agents in Saigon buy medicines, cement, cloth and food for their troops...
...surprise, and Garrison has since filed various charges against half a dozen other witnesses. Andrews was the first to come to trial. He did not go quietly, of course, even defended himself for half of the proceedings. At one point he asked for a brief delay "so I can collect my thoughts. I just can't pop up and say da-da-da-da-da-da." Next day he added: "I don't know from nothing. What I got is a vivid imagination. The moral to all this, brother-in-law, is keep your big mouth shut." Which...