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...The US journalist Darrell Huff was not the only one who voiced doubts about harmful effects of cigarette smoking (“Statistics, lies and the virus”, FT Magazine, September 12)....
...All of which brings us back to Darrell Huff, statistical sceptic and author of How to Lie with Statistics....
...“They are making sure they are doing whatever it takes to backstop the Treasury market,” said Jon Hill, a rates strategist at BMO Capital Markets....
...Darrell Huff's 1954 book How to Lie with Statistics remains a doleful presence in the debate. I suspect that book may need an update, but it raises some fascinating questions....
...The witness’s name was Darrell Huff, a freelance journalist beloved by generations of geeks for his wonderful and hugely successful 1954 book How to Lie with Statistics....
...Capitol Hill hit back at EU lawmakers on Tuesday for politicising an antitrust investigation into Google, as tensions rose ahead of a European parliamentary vote calling for the possible break-up the technology...
...It is not easy to determine how large the Cruz army is on Capitol Hill, perhaps a dozen or more senators out of 100 and maybe 50-75 of the 435-member House of Representatives....
...Mr Obama said blocking the Affordable Care Act seemed to be the “one thing” that unified Republicans on Capitol Hill....
...paralysis, which threatened the country’s sluggish economic recovery with a two-week government shutdown and a brush with default, has led to soul-searching in business about its effectiveness on Capitol Hill...
...The revelation that the IRS had improperly scrutinised the tax-exempt status of Tea Party activist groups provoked an angry reaction among conservatives and Republicans on Capitol Hill....
...Mr Holder hit out at Republicans on Capitol Hill who had tried to tarnish his department over the incident....
...Republican leaders on Capitol Hill were dismissive of the administration’s arguments....
...Mr Cohen and Mr Thompson gave examples of how partisanship existed on Capitol Hill 40 years ago, though nothing like today’s poisonous rancour, with boasters, such as Darrell Issa, the California Republican...
...But, as the AMR tale illustrates, it is hard to persuade people to make sacrifices and even harder to judge whether those sacrifices will be sufficient, writes the FT’s Andrew Hill....
...It is what a fistful of Republicans on Capitol Hill have already promised....
...An additional 20 VIP loans were made to Freddie Mac employees, the other large government-sponsored buyer of home loans, according to the details released by Darrell Issa, a California Republican....
...Ultimately, most Washington analysts and Capitol Hill staffers expect a deal to be reached....
...andrew.hill@ft.com To comment, visit www.ft.com/lombard...
...Democrats on Capitol Hill, which is due to hold hearings investigating BP, Transocean and Halliburton over their involvement in the rig, have so far paid less attention to MMS’s role....
...Darrell Issa, the top Republican on the House committee on oversight and government reform, criticised the department for only partially responding to requests for information....
...Darrell Issa, the senior Republican on the committee, told reporters that Mr Toyoda also expressed deep regret for the deaths in private meetings....
...“They conspire about how they can disclose less so that they can have less questions,” said Darrell Issa, the senior Republican on the committee, who has spearheaded the congressional investigation....
...offered a sarcastic Darrell Issa, the senior Republican on the House oversight committee, to Mr Geithner’s remark that AIG’s rescue was hugely controversial....
...Occasionally hurling abusive epithets at passing Democratic lawmakers, Tea Party protesters stood outside the Capitol Hill entrance chanting “Kill the Bill”....
...But Mr Liddy, whose previous performance on Capitol Hill succeeded in taking some of the sting from lawmakers’ criticisms of the company, is trying to draw a line in the raft of separate enquiries....
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