4/86Portion of the world’s exports in 1984 that was imported by the United States: 1/5

U.S. Department of Commerce

4/86Amount Bolivia earned on its exports in 1985: $1,114,000,000

New Republic/International Monetary Fund (Washington, D.C.)

    Amount of that accounted for by cocaine: $450,000,000

New Republic/International Monetary Fund (Washington, D.C.)

4/86Value of British government assets Prime Minister Thatcher has sold since 1979: $20,000,000,000

British Consulate (New York City)

4/86Portion of El Salvador controlled by guerrillas in 1980: 1/4

Americas Watch (New York City)

    Portion controlled by guerrillas today: 1/8

Americas Watch (New York City)

4/86Percentage of white Americans who say peacetime military service is a “very important obligation”: 31

National Opinion Research Center (Chicago)

    Percentage of blacks who say this: 45

National Opinion Research Center (Chicago)

4/86Percentage of Democrats in 1955 who were black: 10

Prof. John Petrocik (University of California at Los Angeles)

    Today: 20

Prof. John Petrocik (University of California at Los Angeles)

4/86Percentage of Republicans in 1955 who were white Southerners: 10

Prof. John Petrocik (University of California at Los Angeles)

    Today: 33

Prof. John Petrocik (University of California at Los Angeles)

4/86Pounds of redfish harvested from the Gulf of Mexico in 1982: 2,400,000

National Marine Fishery Service (St. Petersburg, Fla.)

    In 1985: 5,700,000

National Marine Fishery Service (St. Petersburg, Fla.)

4/86Rank of Tenderpod Bush Snap beans among all seeds sold by Burpee: 1

W. Atlee Burpee Company (Warminster, Pa.)

4/86Amount the average household spends on fresh vegetables each week: $1.74

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

4/86Percentage of Americans who say they don’t know anyone who doesn’t like Jell-O: 55

Larry King poll/USA Today (Arlington, Va.)

4/86Rank of The Cosby Show in popularity among all programs on South African television: 1

Electronic Media (Chicago)

4/86Total amount NBC’s four Thursday night sitcoms are expected to earn in syndication: $1,000,000,000

Los Angeles Herald Examiner

4/86Number of pencils David Letterman tosses over his shoulder during an average show: 4

Late Night with David Letterman (New York City)

4/86Percentage of households whose television sets have remote control: 51. 3

LINK (New York City)

4/86Number of spacecraft launched by the United States in 1985: 17

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

    By the Soviet Union: 98

U.S. Department of Defense

4/86Number of seats on an American Airlines Boeing 727-200 before deregulation in 1978: 129

American Airlines (Fort Worth, Tex.)

    Number today: 150

American Airlines (Fort Worth, Tex.)

4/86Percentage change in the number of FAA-certified airlines since deregulation: +150

Federal Aviation Commission

    Percentage change in the number of FAA inspectors since then: +2

Federal Aviation Commission

4/86Portion of the top 250 industrial companies that had “golden parachute” plans for their executives in 1982: 1/5

Hewitt Associates (Lincolnshire, Ill.)

    Portion that have them today: 1/3

Hewitt Associates (Lincolnshire, Ill.)

4/86Percentage of Fortune 500 chief executive officers who say they “lose sleep over the competition”: 13.7

Kepner-Tregoe (Princeton, N.J.)

4/86Hours the average American worked each week in 1973: 40.6

Louis Harris and Associates (New York City)

    In 1985: 47.3

Louis Harris and Associates (New York City)

4/86Amount the IRS claims John Walker Jr. owes in back taxes on income he earned from spying: $193,873

Internal Revenue Service

4/86Percentage increase in the number of Americans planning trips to the Soviet Union in 1986: 54

Russian Travel Bureau (New York City)

4/86New game shows offered to TV stations in 1985: 17

National Association of Television Programming Executives (New York City)

    In 1986: 31

National Association of Television Programming Executives (New York City)

4/86Season tickets to spring training games sold by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1977: 630

Los Angeles Dodgers

    In 1985: 3,300

Los Angeles Dodgers

4/86Percentage of Americans who say that spring fever makes them sad: 4

R.H. Bruskin Associates (New Brunswick, N.J.)

    Who say they find life dull: 6

National Opinion Research Center