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NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: Let me see if this analogy works, because from time to time, the attorneys might say, there is a preponderance of…

On the recordMarch 18, 1999
Let me see if this analogy works, because from time to time, the attorneys might say, there is a preponderance of physical evidence that I battle with my physique, the scale. This almost sounds like in lieu of weighing myself on a calibrated scale, that I take my two youngest children, aged 8 and 5, because, after all, they possess DNA, which is a part of me, and they have my hereditary characteristics and to achieve a desired weight, I would put them on the scales and then extrapolate based on statistical samples such as the ideal height and weight charts, the actuarial tables we see from different life insurance companies, and rather than take an actual number from the scale, through statistical legerdemain, we would project a desired outcome. Is that an apt analogy?
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NAN A. S. HAYWORTH
New York

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Using an analogy to discuss the importance of accurate measurements in a debate.

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