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...begin with some numbers: in this year's first presidential debate, held on Oct. 3 in Boston, Texas Gov. George W. Bush used the phrase "fuzzy math'' four times to disparage the arguments of Vice President Al Gore '69. Of these four instances, one concerned an accusation Gore made about the coverage middle-class senior citizens would receive under Bush's Medicare reform plan, and the other three addressed claims that Bush's tax reform plan includes disproprotionately large benefits for the wealthy. In addition, Bush used similar dismissive phrases such as "phony numbers'' three times. Curiously enough, though...
...first, I suspected that "fuzzy math'' simply meant "inaccurate numbers.'' But Bush flatly refused to replace Gore's fuzzy numbers by clean-shaven ones of his own, so eventually this idea began to seem untenable. Then, for awhile, I concluded that "fuzzy math'' was code for "high-fallutin' Washington-style use of numbers instead of words.'' But I was also unable to hold on to this belief for too long, because Bush himself cited plenty of numbers as the evening progressed...
...first derivative times 6%--oh, yes you would! Yes you would! I've read your plan--but under my plan, every citizen of this country would multiply 19 by 7 and get a very large number. And I believe the American people can be trusted to perform this math for themselves, because under my plan they will be tested every 15 minutes, unlike my opponent's plan, which would test them every 20 minutes. Testing every American as often as possible will be my Administration's special No. 1 priority...
...playing down the numbers and focusing instead on plain old foods--fruits, vegetables, legumes, whole grains and fish--that will help most Americans prevent heart disease, hypertension and stroke. If you follow the advice, your dietary percentages will fall into line naturally. In effect, the A.H.A. has done the math...
...suddenly seemed clear: "It hit me that I wanted to be home. I couldn't handle the stress anymore, and I wanted to be with my kids." Her husband was a self-employed lawyer with an unpredictable income, and she was carrying the health insurance. But she did the math and figured they could make it--frugally--without her salary...