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Yesterday's downpour put .9 inches of water into the Boston Weather Bureau's rain guage, but did not break any records, according to the Bureau statistician. On July 15, 2.54 inches of rain fell in a similar two-hour period...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Maintenance Men Scurry to Combat Backwash of Hour Deluge Yesterday | 7/29/1947 | See Source »

...Radio exists," says Claude Ernest Hooper, "only in its statistics." There is every reason why he should say so: Hooper is Radio's No. 1 Statistician. On the basis of his reports, radio men hire & fire talent, buy & sell time, and set their watches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: How Many Listeners? | 5/19/1947 | See Source »

Biggest howls came from the four networks, whose bills will be doubled (from $2,700 to $5,400 monthly). The Statistician had a ready answer: the networks, with an avid interest in every Hooperating, ought to pay more than the advertising agencies, with an interest in only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: How Many Listeners? | 5/19/1947 | See Source »

Eliot, a Law School graduate, is a member of the Massachusetts Civil Liberties Union. While in Congress, he helped to write the Social Security Act and later served on its board. Soule, author of "The Economic Constitution of Democracy" and the "Future of Liberty," is a noted journalist, statistician, and economist...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eliot, Soule Will Consider 'Liberal Creed' at Forum | 3/28/1947 | See Source »

Nathan's experience as a businessman is limited, although he started early enough; at eight he ran a newspaper route. Later he sold silk stockings to help himself through the University of Pennsylvania. From there, he went directly into the Government, where he burgeoned as a New Deal statistician. He advocated all-out production before the war when even the Army was still moving with caution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Round Two | 12/23/1946 | See Source »

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