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The Science study, for instance, purports to show that among 1,600 15-19-year-old males, those computer-queried were almost 4 times more likely than the paper-and-pencil group to report homosex, 5.5 times more likely to admit they were often or always drunk or high when having sex with women, and 14 times more likely to cop to sex with an intravenous drug user.
The spot purports to detail the Clinton tax increase--with a newspaper headline.
Furthermore, says the Post , "A statement today that purports to speak for Hamas denied that the group had anything to do with the two Palestinian suspects.
(Of course, everything Roberts writes purports to show that Reagan was right and his critics were wrong.)
All the SAT even purports to measure is likely first-year college grades.