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...intelligent idea, something like compelling a man with chronic heart trouble to have a periodic electrocardiogram. The graph might be depressing, but it might make urban anxieties more susceptible to solution. It might also provide voters with a new standard: if the Q.L.I, fell below, say 75%, they might decide to throw out a mayor or a Governor or a President...
Many have accused him of being one of the most conspicuously upwardly mobile members of the Faculty; others have pointed out that his most prominent personality traits-good humor, a striking ability to speak his mind well and quickly, and a large measure of dash-have simply made the graph of his career an especially easy curve to follow...
...very tempting to give one stroke of the pen for each of the millions of people that America has killed or starved or maimed, or the thousands of rivers that it has polluted, and reduce it all to a table or graph and then say, "Look...
...from age 67 to 77, although there was a slight drop in activity. Result: a gradual widening in what the researchers coolly call the "interest-activity gap." A much lower proportion of women continued to be interested in sex after 67, but they managed to keep their interest-activity graph lines close together. "It depends on the individual," an elderly San Franciscan points out. "All ages have sexy people...
...basic judgments based on their knowledge. Solid majorities knew that a fanned fire burns faster because of the increase in oxygen. A surprise for parents: 89% identified the balanced meal (steak, bread, carrots, milk) in a list of diverting alternatives. The 13-year-olds tended to be stronger at graph and table reading than at using lab equipment. Nearly three-quarters agreed that the statement "My dog is better than your dog" is not a matter amenable to scientific inquiry...