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Knighton's crime is a statistic -- an isolated act in a nation where the number of those under 18 who were arrested for murder has climbed 93% over the past decade, while similar arrests among adults grew by only 10%. Among black juveniles, the murder arrest rate rose 145%, compared...
But the one-in-10,000 statistic does notrepresent the true risk to laboratory workers,said Tom Skinner, a spokesperson for the U.S.Centers for Disease Control (CDC). For healthworkers like those in some Harvard laboratories,who have direct contact with infected blood, therisk jumps to one in 333, he said...
For weeks, the Clinton high command has been consumed by a single statistic -- no, not poll ratings nor the number of times George Bush claims that the Arkansas Governor raised taxes. Rather, the figure that obsesses them is the precise number of days remaining until America votes. Over late-night...
"I think it's an unfortunate statistic, one which we should be concerned about," Dunn said. "I certainly would like to look into it."
Clinton hopes that enlightened self-interest will cause swing voters to buy his agenda. He tirelessly repeats a statistic popularized by New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley: by the year 2000, only 57% of those entering the work force will be native-born whites. "It has become increasingly clear that the...