A discrimination-minded lawyer was trying to establish as fact one of the most prevalent kinds of discrimination which h

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A discrimination-minded lawyer was trying to establish as fact
one of the most prevalent kinds of discrimination which he had
named "alpha discrimination." This is discrimination based on the
alpha­betical position of the last name. The names below are WWII
buck sergeants and the numbers are the months that passed before
being promoted from corporal to sergeant.
Rank in Months
1.
Bums 1
2.
Ezekiel 2
3.
Friedman 5
4.
Galbraith 4
5.
Heilbroner 3
6.
Kakecju 8.5
7.
Leontieff 6
8.
Malinvaud 7
9.
Ohlin 11
10.
Papandreou 8.5
11.
Rybczynski 10
12. Shumpeter 12