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...fact, interpretation and judgment that would embarrass even an undergraduate economics major. Few reporters note that current unemployment figures are not strictly comparable with those of earlier years because Government statisticians in the 1960s changed the way they define the work force. Similarly, many publications and broadcast outlets trot out the consumer price index monthly as if it accurately reflected everyone's inflation burden today. In fact, it reflects a market basket of goods and services required by less than 50% of all Americans. The base period for comparison purposes is now 14 years old, and the Bureau...
...next day's games began to pall. You could always just watch. Or you could get drunk, if the jostling, six-deep crowd at the bar didn't scare you off (and it usually didn't). Or you could blow your money on roulette and backgammon. You could fox-trot to a three-man band, complete with a black pianist playing "As Time Goes By." Or you could be interviewed by The New York Times...
Well Rooted. What makes this more than just a pleasant trot is the obvious strong feeling that L'Amour has for the West as it really was. His great-grandfather was scalped by the Sioux (which may or may not have awakened young Louis' interest), and he was raised in North Dakota. He now lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two children. Not only has L'Amour done vast library research, but he also spends many days with his family hiking over mountain trails in California and Colorado. In addition, he is involved with...
...photographers standing by to engulf him as he crossed home plate, no special promotional drum rolls. The 10,000 fans in Pittsburgh's Forbes Field that Saturday afternoon gave the aging hero Ruth a polite cheer-it was his third home run of the game-and let him trot quietly into the dugout and baseball history...
That is one reason perhaps why she has always been ready to pack in a hurry and trot off as a last-minute replacement. "You get a call in Bonn at 11 a.m. to be in Vienna to do the performance that night. I wonder if I can refresh my memory of the opera in time. Sometimes I haven't sung it for a year or two. I may listen to a tape of the opera for 20 minutes or so to see what's left in my head." What's left is usually plenty, although last...