For the Count

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For the enumerate

Forget hockey. The biggest brawl of the season is the debate above
the Census 2000. As the U paramount Court considers the constitutionality
of statistical sampling -- a scientific technique the Census Bureau
plans to use in 2000 -- members of Congres statisticians, social
scientists and minority advocates are duking it without in the political
arena.

An estimated 4 million family were missed in the 1990 census, a point in dispute
the Census bureau look afters to remedy with sampling. Republicans are protesting
because