   <!-- Hide this from older browsers
   // The populace pages are split up so that each contains
   // a reasonable number of lines.  They are *not* split up
   // by so many people per page, because some people have
   // lots of awards and some have none.  For the gotoPage
   // function to work properly, you must put a page
   // reference in the value of each option.  See the
   // populaceidx2.html script for the populace list.

   function gotoPage(select_box) {

      // the select tag is passed as a parameter to this function.
      // the selectedIndex of the tag tells which item, by number,
      // the user chose.  having gotten this number, it can be used
      // to obtain the value of the selected option.  then just set
      // the location of the body page  to that page.
      var chosen = select_box.selectedIndex;
      var page   = select_box.options[chosen].value;

      location = eval('"' + page + '"');
   }
   -->