Word: surveys
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...also like to talk about romances on the extreme and avoid dealing with our own lives. The prime example of this trend is Perspective's recent oral sex survey. Sure, we all would be interested to know how many Harvard students have oral sex regularly. But what about asking how many students have even gone out on a date...
FIFTY YEARS OF TELEVISION: A GOLDEN CELEBRATION (CBS, Nov. 26, 9 p.m. EST). Stop us before we kill: yet another survey of "classic moments" from TV's past. Hosts include Walter Cronkite, Carl Reiner and Miss Piggy...
...Potatoes are cheaper, tomatoes are cheaper," goes the Depression-era song, but you won't hear them singing it in Japan. A new survey comparing U.S. consumer prices with their Japanese counterparts confirms what travelers have been saying for years: Japan is a bargain hunter's nightmare. On average, consumer costs in Tokyo run 40% higher than those in New York City...
...were priced higher in Japan's capital than in the Big Apple. The more dramatic examples included European spark plugs ($7.60 in Tokyo, $1.70 in New York), U.S.-made electric shavers ($90.15 vs. $44.95) and Australian bed linen ($63.40 vs. $20). The Bush Administration is likely to cite the survey as evidence that Japanese trade barriers hinder competition that would lead to lower prices in that country...
...decennial count begins in April. For the first time, couples living together will have the option to designate themselves "unmarried partners." The bureau has not yet said whether it will get explicit about the precise sexual and emotional relationship that distinguishes "unmarried partners" from another category in the survey, "housemates-roomma tes." (Those who have to ask can perhaps be assumed to be merely roommates...