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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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 1/15/2006 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Best Photos of 2005 | 1/12/2006 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 16, 2006 | 1/8/2006 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Marriage: It's Never Too Late | 10/13/1986 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Marriage: It's Never Too Late | 10/13/1986 | See Source »

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