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Harper’s Index

Minimum number of U.S. cities, towns, and counties that have passed resolutions opposing the USA Patriot Act: 201

Chance that an American says the new Department of Homeland Security makes the nation "a lot safer": 1 in 82

Percentage change since fall 2000 in the number of documents classified by the federal government: +443

Number of countries the Justice Department has advised since 1981 on the creation of freedom of information policies: 734

Chance that a Briton polled online believes that the United States is a bigger threat to world peace than is Iraq: 1 in 35

Number of years the New York Police Department's new Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence worked for the CIA: 356

Number of the 44 U.S. residents detained as "potential grand jury witnesses" in terrorism cases who have yet to testify: 207

Number who have been charged with crimes: 28

Number of California inmates serving 25 years to life under the three-strikes law for thefts worth less than $400: 3449

Percentage change since 2000 in the average value of goods stolen in each U.S. shoplifting incident: +5310

Percentage of Americans surveyed in October who chose the word "hopeful" to describe their feelings about the economy: 3711

Percentage who chose "angry," "worried," or "confused": 5912

Minimum amount S&P 500 corporations owe in retirement benefits for which they have set aside no funds: $458,000,000,00013

Amount Democratic candidates raised last year from individuals who gave at least $1 million: $36,000,00014

Amount Republican candidates raised last year from individuals who gave as much: $3,000,00015

Minimum number of yachts that were donated to U.S. charities in 2001: 52716

Price for a single berth on the February 2001 "Freedom Cruise," including a tour of Grenada led by Oliver North: $1,90617

Percentage of Jamaicans who say they would be "better off today" had Jamaica remained a British colony: 5318

Percentage of black South Africans who now have a positive view of the way their country was governed under apartheid: 2019

Percentage of Moscow residents who say that city residents from Chechnya or the rest of the Caucasus should be expelled: 2520

Minimum number of soldiers killed or severely injured each year in the Russian army's initiation hazing: 2,00021

Rank of the size of Russia's and Turkey's standing armies, respectively, among Europe's largest: 1, 222

Number of warring factions for which the world's estimated 500,000 child soldiers have been enlisted to fight: 7223

Minimum percentage of Angola's soldiers who are HIV-positive: 4024

Percentage of all Angolan adults who are: 625

Factor by which Russia's tuberculosis rate exceeds that of Western Europe: 7.626

Number of deaths in 2001 that the Japanese government classified as having resulted from overwork: 14327

Percentage change in the number of graduate degrees awarded in China since 1981: +68028

Chances that a new student at the University of California at Berkeley last fall had at least one foreign-born parent: 2 in 329

Percentage of African Americans who have dated at least one white American: 4330

Percentage of white Americans who have dated at least one African American: 1731

Percentage change since 2000 in the number of syphilis cases among U.S. men and women, respectively: +15, -1832

Number of female characters with supernatural powers on major U.S. network-television programs last season: 2033

Estimated number of asteroids whose orbits Earth crosses each year: 20,000,00034

Ratio of U.S. spending on tracking asteroids this year to spending on missile defense: 1:1,90035

Ratio of the amount the U.S. will spend on missile defense this year to the amount it spent in 1988 under Reagan: 4:336

Percentage by which the average sperm count of an urban U.S. male exceeds that of a rural U.S. male: 6037

Chances that a U.S. man between the ages of 18 and 34 shaves all or part of his chest: 3 in 1038

Chances that a man says he is interested in chest-hair removal: 6 in 1039

Minimum number of neutered pets worldwide that have been implanted with fake testicles: 100,00040



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