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WHOEVER calculated that 84 percent of Black South Africans support the ANC did not reach a representative group. Does that statistic refer to the percentage of all Blacks living in South Africa, including the independent homelands that most Blacks still consider an integral part of South Africa? To the urban...
I would like to respond to the piece that appeared in the September 14 issue of The Crimson, "A Soldier's Story." The author discusses his disapproval of the United States' sending a "first-wave force of 250,000 troops" (an interesting statistic without a source) to protect Saudi Arabia...
That remarkable statistic helps explain why Australia is a leader in anti- skin cancer campaigns. Each year during National Skin Cancer Awareness Week, literature and posters are distributed and dermatologists conduct free skin-cancer screenings. In the state of Victoria, lifeguards are used as role models. They sit in shaded...
I pretend that the score doesn't matter. I tell myself I truly appreciate the subtleties of the national pastime. And, I tell myself, the poetic musings of the cleverest newspaper sports columnists convey The Baseball Experience better than any statistic can.
Violence against women involves more than rape. According to Murray Arnold Strauss, author ofBehind Closed Doors 16 percent of all American couples report a violent act within the relationship in the last year. Another telling statistic: according to a 1987 report by the Hazelton Foundation, which studies juvenile justice, more...