Sentence examples for passion for statistics from inspiring English sources
AMERICANS have a quirky passion for statistics, as a quick leaf through any newspaper reveals.
Even baseball's passion for statistics could hardly keep pace with Ruth.
Slim is a man of few pastimes, apart from baseball, which attracts him because of his passion for statistics.
Ms. Ignagni has a policy wonk's passion for statistics and a chess player's eye for looking around corners.
Bratton seemed to have the requisite attributes for membership in the Giuliani blessed circle — his background was working-class Catholic, and he shared Giuliani's passion for statistics and formulas — but he was uninterested in becoming the Mayor's pal.
He had an all-consuming passion for statistics, particularly those relating to opinion polls, and his talkativeness on this subject more than once wrecked a whole day's schedule, to the consternation of his staff.
He had a passion for baseball statistics, a first-rate collection of baseball cards and a reputation as such a shrewd trader that boys were careful not to agree to a trade with George Bush without thinking it over very carefully.
In the process, perhaps you surprised even yourself with how much passion you apparently have for statistics or business law.
But for the urban planner Elizabeth Currid, her passion for style led to some interesting statistics, which she examines in "The Warhol Economy: How Fashion, Art & Music Drive New York City" (Princeton University Press).
But when he starts to share his passion for planes and recites his storehouse of statistics about every type of airliner, the distinctions begin to come into focus.
