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This principle of obscenity density can easily be quantified by forming a ratio of the number of obscenities, etc., over the number of literary or historically significant items in any particular publication. The quotient of this ratio can be considered the precise obscenity density of the work. If the Commission based its suppressions solely on the computed obscenity density of all publications sold in the Commonwealth, its efforts would be of greater value to the community. A scientific study of the obscenity densities of publications currently selling in Harvard Square alone has shown a glut of smut with obscenity densities...
...Besides keeping a watch out for the bartender, restaurant cashier or gas-station attendant who neglects to ring up a sale on the cash register, Will-mark's 1,500 fulltime "shopping analysts" also rate each salesperson's ability by filling out a secret, 60-question "Selling-Quotient-Builder" after every transaction. Were his fingernails clean? Did he try to induce the customer to trade up or to buy something else as well? What were his parting words? ("Thank you," is considered adequate. Much better: "Come in next Thursday when we're having our sale...
Little Me shows the high-polish professionalism that Broadwayites are always claiming for the U.S. musical without much tangible evidence. Sid Caesar's frivolity quotient borders on genius...
...Fall Back, Baby!" Barnett rarely plays much more than half a game, but he makes the most of his opportunities. His scoring average is 17 points a game (18th best in the N.B.A., behind 17 starting players), and he hits on 48% of his shots -an accuracy quotient that even the Lakers' great stars, Elgin Baylor and Jerry West, cannot match. "Dick is a great streak shooter," says Coach Schaus, "and that's perfect for a guy who's coming off the bench. It gives us points when we need them most and helps get the team...
...year). Wealthy parents sponsor many other such kids. A brotherhood of brains unites them all-the measure of which is that only 87 out of 420 bright applicants hurdled the entrance exams last year. One reason is that Roeper also insists on a high CQ (creativity quotient), determined in part by how imaginatively applicants tackle IQ tests. "We don't take children who are brilliant but incapable of original thought," says Roeper...