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...almost every statistical index, West Virginia's economy is among the the worst in the nation. With a per capita income of $11,735 the state ranks 49th in the U.S., well behind the national average of $16,489. Almost 23 percent of West Virginians live in poverty--the third highest poverty rate...
...truth universally acknowledged that folks are motivated by desire and ease, rather than self-improvement or showiness, when it comes to the private act of actually turning the pages. Hence, a formula that indicates what percentage of books sold are really read. The Fully Read Index , (FRI) equals the Author Comfort Index (ACI) times the Simple Prose Coefficient...
...Author Comfort Index (ranging from 10 to 1) measures the amount of egalitarianism generated by writers in their books. King, Clancy and Steel achieve highest scores in this category, and Robert Fulghum ranks near the top with a 9.7. They have mastered the trick of making their readers feel not only their equal but frequently their superior. On the other hand, Rushdie and Hawking are manifestly forbidding, the smartest guys in the class. Give them both...
Besides seeking to buttress the yen, the Bank of Japan was trying to prevent an outbreak of inflation. Consumer prices are rising at a relatively modest 3% annual rate, but the official index fails to provide an accurate measure of many worrisome signs. Residential land prices in the booming city of Osaka rose 56% last year. So far in 1990, hotel rates have risen 9%, and the price of a bottle of Kirin beer is up 6.7%. Petroleum prices also rose last year, no small matter for a country that imports nearly...
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