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From: tan@ihlpg.UUCP (Bill Tanenbaum - AT&T Bell Labs - Naperville IL)
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Subject: Re: Fueling the Conflict in Lebanon
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Date: Mon, 22-Jul-85 11:39:26 EDT
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Unfortunately, Paul Blumstein reposted my article where I incorrectly accused
Jeff Fields of slipping a decimal point about the amount of U. S. aid
to Israel per day, where in reality, I slipped the decimal point.  Because
of the reposting, I will apologize again.
   I think this whole matter provides an illustration of David Canzi's
article on the manipulative use of statistics.  Seven million dollars
per DAY sounds like so much more than two and one half billion dollars
per YEAR.  The way you state the figure depends on the point you wish
to make.
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Bill Tanenbaum - AT&T Bell Labs - Naperville IL  ihnp4!ihlpg!tan