Statistics, Words and Cohabitation

The census bureau causes a ruckus with a few choice numbers and words... "I've become very well acquainted with the number 72 this week," laughs Dorian Solot, executive director of the Alternatives to Marriage Project. "Suddenly one day, the phone starts ringing off the hook, but nothing had changed in the outside world. Someone had just stated a number."
The Dallas Morning News: Science