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These findings were included in the annual report of the South African Institute of Race Relations, a widely respected private organization in Johannesburg. The study revealed the high cost of white supremacy. In 336 industrial disputes last year, 64,469 workers went on strike over low pay and working conditions...
When faced with the incomprehensible, the average American frequently reaches for the nearest statistic. Computers help promote this national mania by providing an easy way to churn out sometimes dubious quantifications. Last week a Joint Economic Committee study of the effects of the economy on health showed how easily pseudostatistical...
In 1982, 3924 college seniors applied to Harvard Medical School. Only 166 were accepted, fewer than 150 from schools other than Harvard College. That statistic hardly contradicts the legend about undergraduate pre-medical education, a legend which includes 9 a.m. organic chemistry classes and students fighting to change their grade...
The Harvard professors are intent on correcting many negative stereotypes about unions. They insist that most are democratically run, and that there is probably less crime and corruption in the labor movement than in the business world. But they do not expect their statistic-packed book to settle any arguments...
On the issue of the Core itself, Rosovsky's optimism again appears somewhat overblown. Rosovsky draws confidence from the statistic that close to half the Core enrollments are electives but concedes that the full impact of Core requirements will not be known until the Class of '86 graduates. Needless to...