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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...
...scion of an old, well-established Boston political family, White is no parochial Bostonian. He combines an ability to do business with district ward-heelers and a keen, compassionate sense of the city's racial problems. There is no doubt that the progress of the New Boston--with infusions of new business and federal aid--will continue under White's shrewd leadership...
...more," says Gerry. "The marriage is working. Of course, you have to like cats." The cats pretty well preclude inviting people in, though Sandy's recently divorced mother presides over most of the menagerie at the Weston retreat. Sandy doesn't like gadding about, anyway. Still a keen reader, she rips through nearly a book a day, is currently working on English and Russian history...
Romney's memory for history may have lapsed, but his sense of political timing was unusually keen. His drive for the G.O.P. presidential nomination had received little attention during the summer until the Detroit riots and his differences with the President put him back in the headlines. Last week's off-the-cuff remarks landed on television screens and front pages across the nation. He followed up with a speech urging U.S. flexibility toward China, in the hope that Peking will reach the point where it will "deserve and desire" United Nations membership...
Pritchett, who has written about Spain, Latin America and the U.S., relishes foreign lands, is at ease on many social levels, and has a keen ear for class. Though no Irishman will be found to admit it, all this qualifies Pritchett to be the best historian of Dublin since James Joyce-who was, of course, a Dubliner, though he scraped its mud off his boots at 22 and returned but twice in the rest of his life...