1.   Even if most figures for waste are not overestimates, national statistics tell a less-than-apocalyptic tale.

2.   The economic statistics tell a grim story.

3.   And, statistics would tell us, that actually twenty-five per cent of the work force have some form of income protection, which is great news.

4.   Over an extended period these particular statistics do tell the tale.

5.   Although arrest figures for other years were not available for comparison, officials said such statistics only told part of the story.

6.   Although the myth persists that socially screened investments lag behind in earnings, statistics tell the real story.

7.   And these statistics tell only part of the story.

8.   A single statistic tells the story.

9.   But Abraham H. Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, said such statistics did not tell the whole story.

10.   But director of football operations Ron Wolf said such statistics tell little of the story.