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...Median annual household income, by county, in thousands...
This bustling leftie docu-fomenting could make Spurlock a younger Michael Moore. Each man is from a working-class city - Flint, Mich., for Moore; Parkersburg, W. Va, for Spurlock - whose hard economic history has produced low median incomes. Each came to documentaries after working in other fields: journalism for Moore, playwrighting for Spurlock. And each puts his own quirky personality at the center of issue-driven movies; they both make ego-friendly documentaries. But where Moore is belligerent (and funny), Spurlock is laid-back (and funny). Moore, the provocateur, pokes his finger in his adversaries' chests. Spurlock plays the sweet...
...earlier women have children, the less likely they are to earn a doctorate or land a high-paying job. After World War II, the baby boom began a boost in the birth rate and a drop in the median age of marriage. In return, women’s share of doctorates declined. Before World War II, however, women earned larger shares of doctorates than they did during the 1950s or 60s. In fact, women’s share of doctorates hit a record high in 1972—the same percentage it had reached...
...NCAA is a college tournament such advertising could lead to an increase in binge drinking is founded on a misconception: The NCAA basketball tournament is not primarily watched by those under 21. According to Nielsen ratings, 88 percent of those watching the tournament were 21 or older, and the median age of viewers was 47. Furthermore, studies have shown little correlation between beer advertising and overall alcohol consumption—instead, such advertising typically changes the brand or type of alcohol people consume. It would be an overreaction to censor beer advertising because of its purported effect on such...
...Nothing risky or distinctive - no wine-y, Kenya-like acidity, none of the super-richness of my favorite Sumatra (which I looked longingly at on the menu while ordering the Pikes Place) - just a blend that tasted like the American statistical coffee median. Starbucks says it took input from about 1,000 customers in designing Pike Place, and I could taste every one of them in there. This was a cup of coffee brewed by committee...