Chapters on the western and eastern fronts chart the slow descent into mutual slaughter and operational stalemate.
On one hand, as groundbreaking as it was at the time, The Sky at Night's format – man standing in front of chart, trying to replicate the infinite beauty of outer space verbally – has long been a bit too staid for true mass appeal.
Correction: January 5 , 2001 Friday A front-page chart yesterday showing movements in the federal funds target rate labeled the levels incorrectly.
Correction: January 20 , 2001 Saturday A front-page chart yesterday showing the decline in the percentage of equity held by homeowners in their houses carried an incorrect scale.
Correction: October 25, 2000, Wednesday Articles on Oct. 14 and 16 and a front-page chart on Oct. 16 about the acquisition of Texaco Inc. by the Chevron Corporation misstated the total 1999 revenue for the companies.
Correction: July 25 , 2004 Sunday A front-page chart in this section last Sunday about changes in regional home values over the decades misstated the year that the Phebe Comstock House in Norwalk, Conn., sold for $124,500.
A front-page chart yesterday with statistics on Roman Catholics in the New York region, as well as an expanded version in The Metro Section showing a breakdown by diocese, misstated the number of students in Catholic schools in 1977 and 2004 and the percentage change during that interval.
It would be much preferable to have a run-in with an M1 tank, or even the T. Rex you appropriately used as a measuring stick in your front-page chart; at least those two beasts are engineered to stop on a dime.
Most people think that day trading involves sitting in front of charts and watching CNBC all day to stay apprised of the latest market happenings.
When you turn on the news or venture into the blogosphere, you see that the naysayers have the power while the people who are on the front lines charting a new course or implementing a big idea weather constant criticism.
