11/87Percentage change, since 1977, in per capita consumption of white bread: -30

The Lempert Report (Belleville, N.J.)

6/03Percentage change since 1973 in overall U.S. energy consumption: +27

U.S. Department of Energy

    Percentage change since then 1973 in U.S. oil imports: +86

U.S. Department of Energy

7/95Average number of peas in a pod: 8

Thompson & Morgan (Jackson, N.J.)

12/96Percentage change in the homicide rate in Canada since the 1976 abolition of the death penalty there: -27

Department of Justice Canada (Ottawa)

8/99Rank of broccoli and peaches, respectively, among U.S.-grown produce with the highest residual pesticide levels: 18,1

Consumers Union (N.Y.C.)