Thursday, August 20, 2009

Figures of the Day

I just got the nightly news summary text message, announcing a 10.3 percent second-quarter contraction in Mexico, and a new world record in the 200 meters from Usain Bolt of 19.19. It occurs to me that those two figures --Bolt's 200-meter world records and Mexican shrinkage-- have been steadily creeping closer since early last year. If present patterns held, I wonder when they would intersect, and at what number. The 2016 Olympics, and 17.6?

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