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From the unmatched resources of The New York Times comes the world’s most comprehensive and authoritative almanac—completely updated for 2008
Drawing on the resources of the world’s premiere news organization, and featuring reports by leading Times writers, The New York Times Almanac provides in-depth national and international coverage of politics, education, health, medicine, the economy, the environment, science, technology, awards and prizes, sports, and a host of other topics. Organized for easy accessibility and featuring an extensive index, The New York Times Almanac is the first choice for students, writers, researchers, and anyone who needs accurate, timely facts at their fingertips. The New York Times Almanac 2008 includes: —Comprehensive coverage of all the U.S. states and every nation in the world —The most complete sports coverage of any almanac —Notable obituaries from the worlds of politics, entertainment, and science —More information on global issues, including world population, terrorism, AIDS, environmental concerns, the Internet, and technological developments —All major Academy Award winners since 1928 and the names of all Nobel laureates
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The same mayor in two different cities???
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Well I bought this and found out that San Jose, Ca and Seattle WA lists the same person as mayor and he's not the name of the mayor of Seattle. I live in Seattle and the current mayor is Greg Nickels. Not the guy listed. If he's doing double duty in both cities, when does he sleep? If that's wrong what else might be wrong? You think the NY Times could call our local paper and ask. Who's the mayor of Seattle?
Why is this Almanac better than any other Almanac?
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I see nothing particularly great or particularly bad about this almanac. It has the same old features the standard Almanacs have had for years. I paid special attention here to areas in which I thought Innovation important. I read the Almanac's summaries of latest scientific and technological developments, for instance their report on the delay in the building of the Large Hadron Collider. They do explain that this will be used to test what is called the Standard Model, and in search of the Higgs Bison but they do not really explain this in depth. They point to new discoveries in various areas of biological research. I am not capable of evaluating how wise their judgment is in any of this. The usual country - by- country Factbook presentation is given. In this I found a dearth of comparitive statistics, but generally reliable reporting. While there is nothing in this Almanac to be excited about there is certainly nothing here to deter the reader from requiring this reliable source of information.
Great Information Source
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I use this Almanac constantly. The typeface is easy to read, even though small, and there is no better Almanac for providing information on a wide range of subjects. I really like it.
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Editing errors
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I am an Almanac-ohlic. Call me a nerd but, I read them cover to cover. For eight years I bought Time Magazines yearly almanac every December, it was a ritual. For the past three I have gone with the New York Times edition (for personal reasons). The 2008 New York Times edition has been very disappointing. The facts are solid and easy to understand also, the figures aid in research, due to their sources of course, and the cut & paste of the CIA World Fact book for "Countries of the World" is a given. My problem is with the multiple misspellings, for example: "Nancy Peloti" pg. 123 (#60) and reprints of paragraphs (look up the one on Methamphetamine on pages 389 & 390). Now, I am no genius when it comes to proofreading something but, this is the New York Times. Do not be intimidated by an almanac. Personally, I believe that every home in the U.S. should own one. It's a good read on the crapper, especially this one.
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