To publish figures in the minutest detail which are subsequently revised beyond recognition is more like black magic than planning.
I cite, for example, witchcraft, wizardry and black magic.
If tomorrow by black magic a war broke out, where would the money come from?
In essence, it is a black magic art, especially given that it came from a man who has "something of the night" about him.
Similarly, there is no black magic in the idea of traffic engineering.
As the practice of black magic is an offence at common law the police called to inquire whether there were any grounds for police action.
To the ordinary farmer that is more or less black magic.
There is no black magic in a naval officer's career, and certainly there is no black magic in an executive officer's career.
