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...builds on the idea of the capture-recapture" statistical technique, Donald B. Rubin, chairman of the Statistics Department, says of his census modification technique. Rubin explains the new procedure as similar to the method biology researchers use to study bird and animal populations. "It's like tagging fish in a pond, releasing them, and catching them again to see how the population has changed," he says...
...happy with my medley split time [of:48.90]," Bird said, "but the whole team couldhave swum a little bit better...
...general. And of course: blacks won't measure up in clutch situations -- a view revived by the Greek in his statement that the Redskins' Williams might "choke" under pressure. As black Basketball Player Isiah Thomas pointed out last year during a storm of opprobrium about his views on Larry Bird, sportswriters are always dubbing black stars gifted or natural athletes while labeling white standouts brainy and hardworking...
...White (worth $750,000) and John White Alexander's Alethea ($660,000). Says Loraine Pack-Liebmann, a Manhattan art dealer: "The kid did well. Many of the works he has bought have appreciated substantially in value." Example: Severin Roesen's Vase of Flowers in Footed Glass Bowl with Bird's Nest, purchased for $175,000, may now be worth $250,000, a potential profit...
...space -- or documenting their absence -- raises more verification obstacles. The U.S. has begun preparing a new generation of satellites whose sensors will be aimed not at the earth but at the vast expanse beyond its atmosphere. One of the first due off the drawing board is an experimental bird called Starscan, scheduled for launch in 1991. It will approach orbiting objects and test for the radiation given off by nuclear devices. But the new satellites will have a harder time establishing the presence of space-based lasers and particle-beam weapons like those proposed as part of President Reagan...