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  1. Newsgroups: soc.motss
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!enterpoop.mit.edu!bloom-picayune.mit.edu!news.mit.edu!tim
  3. From: tim@ear-ache.mit.edu (Tim Wilson)
  4. Subject: Re: Are Gay Men Richer, Really?
  5. In-Reply-To: ry@cbnewsl.cb.att.com's message of 22 Jan 93 02:01:45 GMT
  6. Message-ID: <TIM.93Jan22045123@ear-ache.mit.edu>
  7. Sender: news@athena.mit.edu (News system)
  8. Nntp-Posting-Host: ear-ache.mit.edu
  9. Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  10. References: <18356@autodesk.COM> <1993Jan21.200939.27127@macc.wisc.edu>
  11.     <mattm-210193132157@mcmelmon.apple.com>
  12.     <1993Jan22.020145.3637@cbnewsl.cb.att.com>
  13. Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 09:51:23 GMT
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  16. In article <1993Jan22.020145.3637@cbnewsl.cb.att.com>
  17. ry@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (ryerson.schwark) writes: 
  18.  
  19.    The problem is that 90% of all people believe that as long as you can
  20.    quote numbers, you must really know what you're talking about.
  21.  
  22. Well, I remember reading some survey that showed that four-out-of-five
  23. times when people quote statistics they're lying.
  24.  
  25. --
  26. Tim Wilson
  27. Internet:  tim@ear-ache.mit.edu    
  28. UUCP:  mit-eddie!mit-athena!tim
  29. Bad Colorado.  No business.
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