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...human penchant for telling stories unfettered by facts is remarkable. It is sad that many people accept those accounts as truth. I wish the promise of the Enlightenment would be fulfilled?that supernaturalism would be replaced by scientific investigation and reason. John Moorman Tifton, Georgia...
...Jesus." Fran Wheeler Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. The human penchant for telling stories unfettered by facts is remarkable. It is sad that many people accept those accounts as truth. I wish the promise of the Enlightenment would be fulfilled - that supernaturalism would be replaced by scientific investigation and reason. John Moorman Tifton, Georgia, U.S. Battle of the Binge I love the English. It's sad that your article did not probe more deeply into why the English binge drink more than the French and the Italians [Dec. 19]. It may be a combination of circumstances both natural and man-made...
...human penchant for telling stories unfettered by facts is remarkable. It is sad that many people accept those accounts as truth. I wish the promise of the Enlightenment would be fulfilled?that supernaturalism would be replaced by scientific investigation and reason. JOHN MOORMAN Tifton...
...researcher at the U.S. Census Bureau, Jean Moorman was besieged with calls from incredulous friends and reporters last February. A Yale-Harvard study had estimated that only 2.6% of college-educated women who were still single at 40 were likely ever to marry. Unmarried 30-year-old college graduates were not much better off: only 20% were likely to wed. Skeptical, Moorman decided to do a study of her own. Her preliminary report, released last week, has cheer for post-20s women who hope to exchange first-time vows...
Using projections from the 1980 census, Moorman estimates 66% of college- educated 30-year-old women will someday marry, as will 23% of 40-year-olds and 11% of 45-year-olds. She concedes her figures may be a bit high, but believes the Yale-Harvard numbers, which are based on a different statistical model, are too low. Says Moorman: "I just didn't think life should be that...