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...Random House Dictionary of the English Language...
...first five weeks after its publication, the Random House Dictionary of the English Language (TIME, Sept. 30) sold more than 250,000 copies, began to appear on the bestseller lists, and is still going at a lively clip. At a time when the bestsellers tend to be largely composed of sexy stuff, this is indeed a phenomenal showing...
...explanation is relatively simple. For one thing, Random House's dictionary is a bargain: $25 per copy, as against $47.50 for the nearest competitors (Funk & Wagnall's, Webster's Third International). For another, the need for a new big dictionary definitely existed. Webster's was last updated five years ago; other dictionaries go as far back, unrevised though reissued, to 1913. For a third, Random House has dropped the word count of big dictionaries to 260,000 from an average of 400,000. Thus it may qualify as the first heavyweight dictionary truly designed for ordinary...
...DOCTORS by Martin L. Gross. 605 pages. Random House...
...Milgram points out, is to actually go to the cities, to "buttress raw data with observation. Measurement without perception leads to a caricature." One of his thesis advises, for example, has studied the willingness of Parisians to help stranded tourists. He and a native Frenchman spent a summer asking random passers-by for directions (in French) and comparing the frequency of helpful answers. It was higher for the Frenchman...