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In the hands of the unscrupulous most statistics can be bent to create the desired result. So never take a statistic at face value unless you're aware of exactly what questions were asked, how they were asked, when they were asked, who asked them (and why) and who answered them!
Many sources quote Disraeli (1804-81) as being the originator of this expression. He certainly said many clever things in his life, one of which could have been this, but there is no record of the phrase in his writings, or in any reports of his speeches.
A bold, mesmerizing novel about the woman known as "Typhoid Mary," the first known healthy carrier of typhoid fever in the burgeoning metropolis of early twentieth century New York.
Two Lives is a memoir written by international best-selling author, Vikram Seth. In this interesting and engaging book, Seth writes about his great...
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Z, the novel about the life of Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald is at points charming and; like another reviewer, I kept thinking of the movie, "Midnight...
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Although heavy on the scientific details, which slowed down the story for me (OK, I admit, I was one of those liberal arts majors who skipped out on...
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Judge rules unused Borders gift cards to be worthless(May 23 2013) Borders owes nothing to holders of roughly $210.5 million of gift cards that had not been used by the time the bookstore chain shut down, a Manhattan federal...
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