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Opinion

Playing with the Numbers

By Dan Olson | May 4, 2005

To the Editor: I was surprised to hear the statistic cited in Jen Garfinkel's article ("Grabowski lectures on sexuality, Catholic doctrine," May 2) that "family planning" was 98 percent effective against unwanted pregnancies, compared with 92 percent for oral contraceptives and 80 percent for condoms. If one examines the current publication from the World Health Organization about the failure rates of various birth control methods, one can see how Grabowski manipulates his numbers.

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'Foolish Consistency'

By Dan Olson | October 4, 2004

To the Editor: Last Thursday night in front of 40 million Americans, President Bush boldly proclaimed, "I just know how this world works, and that in the councils of government, there must be certainty from the U.S.

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Summer temps surprise

By Dan Olson | August 18, 2003

For all the precipitation seen in recent weeks, Hanover might as well be notoriously dreary England or the Pacific Northwest this term, -- at least in the eyes of those who feel cheated out of the fun in the sun they had expected for sophomore summer. John Lillywhite, a transfer student from Oxford, considered the summer's weather "perfectly normal," but most longtime Dartmouth students disagreed. "This is not normal New Hampshire summer weather," Meryl Richards '05, a New Hampshire native, said.

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Wed. meteor shower to be year's brighest

By Dan Olson | August 12, 2003

It just might be the rainbow in a precipitous weeklong weather forecast. If the clouds manage to clear early Wednesday morning, astronomy aficionados predict that some of the best meteor showers of the year will be visible.

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