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The candidates' circle in the NYT that Valdis called to our attention
looks much like the diagram of a book I'm sure we all remember:

Caplow, Theodore, Sheldon Stryker, and Samuel E. Wallace. 1964. The Urban
Ambience: A Study of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Totowa, N.J.: Bedminster
Press.

NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2007/12/15/us/politics/DEBATE.html

However, for once a network diagram does not equal 1K words. The profusion
of lines just confuses me. Intepretation would be enhanced by some
comparative stats.

YMMV
 Barry Wellman
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