It is no accident that the most powerful man in the Christian right, James Dobson, the head of Focus on the Family, is both a child psychologist and a veritable fountain of social-science statistics.

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The web's links now encompass computer-science technical reports, folk-song lyrics, economic statistics from America's Department of Commerce, tarot cards, satellite weather photographs, film reviews, legal databases, the Bible, library catalogues, literary magazines and more.

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Design, in close liaison with the Divisions in the Sector and Field Offices as may be necessary, regular programme activities and extra budgetary projects for building human and institutional capacities on policy formulation and monitoring through the use of science and technology indicators and programmes to foster inter-regional cooperation in close cooperation with the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

UNESCO: Vacancy : Senior Programme Specialist (24/5/2011) (SC 433 - (P5))