>oh come now that is not really so difficult, we americans are after >all rather big targets! Yeah... My wife (who is Soviet) blames it all on America's love of white bread. Btw... I like your signature quote. When I was in graduate school we often quoted Baron Courtney who said (approximately), "there are lies, damned lies... and then there are statistics." >Wow. A meal invitation and a slam against the Americans all in one >e-mail. You're talented. > -- Department of Biological Sciences Palumbi Lab Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University Blinks Oceanview Blvd Pacific Grove, Ca 93950 jalipaz at stanford.edu phone: 831-655-6210 Often statistics are used as drunken men use lampposts... for support rather than illumination. Albert Einstein