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August 2005 Cutter Benchmark Review: Measuring Up to Metrics: How I Became A Missourian

by E.M. Bennatan

The state of Missouri is often referred to as the "Show-Me state." Its epithet is traced back to Missouri Congressman Willard Duncan Vandiver, who in an 1899 speech said, "Frothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies me. I am from Missouri. You have got to show me." Vandiver may have unwittingly been the father of metrics.

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