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Subject: Re: Watch them closely when they quote statistics
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Another common stratagem is the use of breaks to emphasize small
(often insignificant) differences.

For example:

	|
99.99	--------#
	|	#
	|	#
	|	#
	|	#
99.98	--------#-------@
	|	#	@
	|	#	@
	|	#	@
	|	#	@
	~	~	~
	~	~	~
	|	#	@
	|	#	@
 0.00	----------------------
		X	Y

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Charlie Sorsby
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