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That’s true of many minority groups, but when it is multiplied by the sometimes-unspoken requirements of marriage—very Tammy Wynette, very “Stand By Your Man”—it creates a vortex impossible to escape.

Known as the “silent killer,” people often don’t show symptoms, which includes fatigue, belly pain and a loss appetite, before the cancer cells have multiplied.

But West Bengal transport minister Snehasis Chakraborty told the media: “The population and vehicular count of Kolkata have multiplied several times but the city’s roads have not widened. Road space continues to hover around 6% which is way less than Mumbai’s 18% and Delhi’s 10%.”

He included the stat in the seminal Runs Created formula he devised in the 1970s, which simply counts times on base, multiplied by bases advanced, divided by opportunities.

A 2023 preprint paper from researchers at Stanford, the University of Washington, and Trinity College found that patents for A.I. surveillance technology multiplied fivefold between the 1990s and the 2010s, and that there are now more than 23,000 patents for A.I. surveillance tools in the country.