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Commentary: David Ropeik and Statistics

Published December 24, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

It may be a scary time to be alive, what with threats of terrorism and a looming war in Iraq. But commentator David Ropeik says statistically speaking, things aren't as bad as they seem.

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