ATLANTA, GEORGIA — Much as the title belies, and in the theme of last week, it’s another short column this week, even more so than last week, given the lack of swimming and diving this week. However, unlike last week, there are at least the return of some charts and graphs.
Off the top, the trend that first became apparent a month ago has not abated. Though there was a brief, slight rise in the trend of the department as a whole, the last six weeks have been marked in particular by a steady erosion of the high water mark seen in the middle of October.