Scary fact.When I wrote last month about the explosion of lobbyists during the 1970s, I wish I had known a statistic statistic, n a value or number that describes a series of quantitative observations or measures; a value calculated from a sample. statistic a numerical value calculated from a number of observations in order to summarize them. that subsequently appeared in Washingtonian magazine. In just the three years between 1972-1975, the number of the capitol's lawyers doubled. In the 30 years since, the number has doubled twice more, but never has the growth been so intense as during those three years in the '70s. By the way, the present number of lawyers practicing in Washington Washington, town, England Washington, town (1991 pop. 48,856), Sunderland metropolitan district, NE England. Washington was designated one of the new towns in 1964 to alleviate overpopulation in the Tyneside-Wearside area. is 81,548. That means that one person in seven you run into on the street is probably heading from their law firm to Capitol Capitol, seat of the U.S. Congress Capitol, seat of the U.S. government at Washington, D.C. It is the city's dominating monument, built on an elevated site that was chosen by George Washington in consultation with Major Pierre L'Enfant. Hill, or to some federal agency, where it can be safely assumed that he or she will represent the interests of the average citizen, rarely if at all. |
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