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Homosexuality and bisexuality are not diseases. They are not mental illnesses to be cured. That at least one out of 10 Americans is gay is not a statistic that will diminish. These people are no better or worse then the rest of society as a result of their sexual preferences...
Half of the book is devoted to a general discussion of torture, and half to a country-by-country breakdown of the cases investigated by Al. Perhaps the most immediately shocking fact is a statistic, more than 90 countries in the world routinely practice torture, according to the study. These...
Dr. Beatrice Rouse, an epidemiologist with the National Institute on Drug Abuse, says that cocaine use among women has recently increased by almost one-half in U.S. households (from 6.4% in 1979 to 9.3% in 1982). In California, according to the state Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, the number...
You neglected to give one interesting statistic. The state of Washington produced half the American medalists: Phil Mahre, Steve Mahre, Rosalynn Sumners and Debbie Armstrong. It was also involved with a fifth, Bill Johnson, who went to skiing school in the state. Maybe Washington should have entered on its own...
One surprising statistic about the Summer School is the average age of its students. Last summer the typical student at Harvard was 23 years old, according to James A. Klein, Assistant Dean for Activities.