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Quotations
Light a Lucky and you’ll never miss sweets that make you fat.
Constance Talmadge, Charming Motion Picture Star, 1930.
When I talk to people about statistics, I find that they usually are quite willing to criticize dubious statistics--as long as the numbers come from people with whom they disagree.
Joel Best, More Damned Lies and Statistics, page XI
Forsooths
These forsooths are from the Feb. 2007 RSS News.
The car poplation went up 10 per cent over the 1997-2004 period, while daily car trips more than doubled, rising 23 percent.
The Straits Times (Singapore)
24 November 2006
Online banking fraud up 8000%
The UK has seen an 8000% increase in fake internet banking scams in the past two years, the government's financial watchdog has warned...The amount stolen is still relatively small but it is set to go up by 90% for the second year running.
BBC Ceefax
213 December 2006