Word: data
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Concerning your article "Ethology: That Animal That Is Man" [Jan. 17] you are speaking only of the adult male portion of humanity. Let's hear with no more delay of some of the fantasies and other relevant data pertaining to the majority of the species: the female. I received a gnawing and finally persistent feeling as I read this article that an enormous portion of the story had not been written...
...violent-crime rate is already five times higher than in rural areas. Harassed, overworked and underpaid, metropolitan police often are not only unable but unwilling to deal with any except the most serious lawen forcement problems. In Detroit, for ex ample, until the city installed a new computerized data-collecting system, many precinct lieutenants let their officers ignore the most obvious signs of burglary - pry marks on a door - and list only a broken window...
Probably the most disturbing evidence Shurcliffe brings in is the data suggesting that SSTs would be substantially more dangerous than conventional commercial planes. Shurcliffe's documentation in his chapter on "Dangers in SST flight" is impressive, and he uses it to show two kinds of hazards...
Assassin Types. Who are the skyjackers? Most are either criminals on the lam or men who are emotionally disturbed in one way or another. Dr. Peter Siegel, the FAA's air surgeon, has made a study of the scant available data and formulated what he calls the "skyjackers' syndrome": the skyjacker believes that he can prove himself a decisive, effective human being by taking control of a plane, its crew and passengers, and commanding it to go to Cuba...
Lewis B. Ward, professor of Business Research and head of the Faculty Committee for the Computing Center, said that the Committee chose the machine which was most economical. The Committee also considered the Univac 1108 and the Control Data Corporation...