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INDEX OF FEAR
It's been just 57 days since reporter Patsy Moy filed the first South China Morning Post story including the dreaded acronym Sars.
According to our library computer, 'Sars' has since appeared in 2,177 different Post stories. But what about other words? We ran the numbers and produced this rather depressing index of Post obsessions. Since March 16, 2003:
Sars - appeared in 2,177 stories
SAR - in 295 stories
Typical - 154
Atypical - 1,711
Departure - 137
Arrival - 188
Betty Tung - 10
Fu Mingxia - 11
Eyes - 416
Mouth - 147
Risk - 883
Safe - 494
Fear - 700
Confidence - 669
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