8/86Percentage of Americans who say the United States has never used a nuclear weapon in a war: 11

Center for War, Peace and the News Media (New York University)/Roper Organization (New York City)

8/86Percentage of cruise-missile test flights that have ended in failure: 30

Strategic Studies Program (University of Calgary)

8/86Percentage of the proposed 1987 Star Wars budget that is allocated for “demonstration projects”: 58

Federation of American Scientists (Washington. D.C.

8/86Chances that a family living below the poverty line in 1984 received no public-assistance payments: 2 in 3

U.S. Census Bureau

8/86Percentage increase in the number of blacks living in poverty since 1978: 24

U.S. Census Bureau

    In the number of whites living in poverty: 41

U.S. Census Bureau

8/86Number of blacks who left the South between 1980 and 1985: 470,000

U.S. Census Bureau

    Number who moved to the South: 528,000

U.S. Census Bureau

8/86Chances that a first-time bride in Kentucky is a teenager: 1 in 2

National Center for Health Statistics (Hyattsville, Md.)

8/86Average age of an American nun: 62

National Association of Treasurers of Religious Institutions (Silver Spring, Md.)

8/86Chances that an American Catholic is Hispanic: 1 in 4

Catholic Information Center (Washington, D.C.)

8/86Number of the 173 private religious schools in Nicaragua that are subsidized by the government: 121

Central American Historical Institute (Washington, D.C.)

8/86Number of academic conferences sponsored by the CIA in 1985: 70

Central Intelligence Agency

8/86Number of photocopies the Lenin Library in Moscow allows visitors to make each day: 2,000

Wall Street Journal

8/86Number of students per personal computer in public schools in the United States: 41

New York Times

    In the Soviet Union: 22,500

New York Times

8/86Percentage of Americans between the ages of 15 and 19 who say they have shoplifted: 43

“A Study of Juvenile Shoplifting,” by George P. Moschis (Georgia State University)

8/86Per-diem price of a bodyguard in Canton, China: $3

Wall Street Journal

    In New York City: $250

Harper’s research

8/86Percentage of lawyers who advertise: 17

American Bar Association (Washington, D.C.)

8/86Episodes of Perry Mason currently in production: 3

Viacom (Westwood, Calif.)

8/86Percentage change in the number of libel suits filed since 1984: -30

Bruce Sanford (Baker & Hostetler, Washington, D.C.)

8/86Percentage of Australian business executives who say the Japanese are untrustworthy and unethical: 89

Manchester Guardian Weekly

8/86Tons of cargo handled at the Port of New York and New Jersey in 1985: 15,344,000

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

8/86At the Port of Los Angeles: 26,437,500

Worldport (Los Angeles)

8/86Number of rescues made by lifeguards on Southern California beaches in 1985: 33,278

Western U.S. Lifesaving Association (Huntington Beach, Calif.),

8/86Gallons of calamine lotion sold in 1985: 710,427

Warner-Lambert (Morris Plains. N.J.)

8/86Walking speed of the average American woman (in feet per minute): 256

Michael Hill (University of Minnesota at Duluth)

    Of the average American man: 245

Michael Hill (University of Minnesota at Duluth)

8/86Percentage of women who return to work within six months after giving birth: 63

Market Compilation and Research Bureau (North Hollywood, Calif.)

8/86Percentage of the 7,791,000 new jobs created since 1979 that were filled by women: 88

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

8/86Chances that a woman who works full time earns less than $10,000 a year: 1 in 5

U.S. Census Bureau

8/86Amount Nancy Reagan’s hairdresser charges for a haircut: $100

Robin Weir (Washington, D.C.)

8/86Amount he charges for a speech: $1,000

Robin Weir (Washington, D.C.)

8/86Number of U.S. savings & loans that have added the word “bank” to their name since 1984: 116

U.S. Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corporation

8/86Number of times Senate rules permit a senator to use his name on each page of his newsletter: 8

Senate Select Committee on Ethics

8/86Pieces of mail the average person receives in a year: 598

U.S. Postal Service

8/86Number of dreams the average person has in a year: 1,460

Working With Dreams, by Montague Ullman (Jeremy P. Tarcher, Los Angeles)

8/86Percentage of Americans who say they dream in color: 40

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

    Who say they dream in black and white: 23

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