A discrimination-minded lawyer was trying to establish in fact one of the most prevalent kinds of discrimination which he had named "alpha discrimination." This is discrimination based on the alphabetical position of the last name. The names below are WWII buck sergeants and the numbers are the months that passed before being promoted from corporal to sergeant.

Rank in Months

1.Bums 1

2. Ezekiel 2

3.Friedman 5

4.Galbraith 4

5.Heilbroner 3

6.Kakecju 8.5

7.Leontieff 6

8.Malinvaud 7

9.Ohlin 11

10.Papandreou 8.5

11.Rybczynski 10

12. Shumpeter 12