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that building owners in East Sacunda were less likely to modify their buildings so as to
bring them up to the 1985 code standards.
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58) The following appeared in a letter to the editor of an archaeological magazine.
"Archaeologists excavated a cave that had been inhabited by prehistoric people for
thousands of years. These people hunted wild animals, many of whose bones were found
at levels corresponding to different times of habitation. Most of the bones at the oldest
levels, over 40,000 years old, were from a deer species whose modern-day descendants
are known to prefer woodland habitats, whereas most of the bones at more recent levels,
dating from 30,000 to 10,000 years ago, were from a gazelle species whose modern-day
descendants are known to prefer grasslands. We can thus conclude that the climate of the
area changed dramatically between 40,000 and 30,000 years ago, causing the terrain to
change from woodland to grassland."
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59) The following appeared in a magazine for the trucking industry.
"The Longhaul trucking company was concerned that its annual accident rate (the
number of accidents per mile driven) was too high. It granted a significant pay increase
to its drivers and increased its training standards. It also put strict limits on the number
of hours per week each driver could drive. The following year, its trucks were involved
in half the number of accidents as before the changes were implemented. A survey of
other trucking companies found that the highest-paid drivers were the least likely to have
had an accident. Therefore, trucking companies wishing to reduce their accident rate can
do so simply by raising their drivers' pay and limiting the overall number of hours they
drive."
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60) The following appeared as an editorial in a health magazine.
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