Estimated increase, since last year, in the amount spent on U.N. peacekeeping forces, worldwide: $81,000,000
10/88Percentage of Americans who oppose using nuclear arms in response to a non-nuclear Soviet invasion of Europe: 88
10/88Number of the 7,886 Soviet Jews granted Israeli visas this year who settled somewhere other than Israel: 6,739
10/88Percentage of Americans who have never heard of or have no opinion about Shimon Peres: 41
Percentage who have never heard of or have no opinion about P. W. Borha: 45
10/88Amount offered to the Congo this year to accept 100,000 tons of Europe’s toxic waste: $7,063,500
10/88Value of the unclaimed beverage-container deposits in New York State last year: $66,000,000
10/88Number of Japanese children who have died since 1985 as a result of disciplinary beatings by school personnel: 5
10/88Number of New York City public-school teachers who were assaulted on the job during the last school year: 400
10/88Number of blind dates former Education Secretary William Bennett had with Janis Joplin: 1
10/88Number of the 90,000 Illinois marriage-license applicants screened for AIDS this year who tested positive: 11
Percentage who say that most of their colleagues oppose such a program: 74
10/88Average cost of successfully treating a drug addict: $3,850
Estimated annual expense incurred by an untreated addict, in health, welfare, and law enforcement costs: $14,000
10/88Percentage of Americans who favor random car searches by police as a way of dealing with the drug problem: 54
10/88Portion of all land in downtown Los Angeles that is used for driving, parking, or servicing cars: 2/3
10/88Portion of all drought insurance premiums that are paid by the federal government: 1/4
10/88Number of minutes each day that a working couple spend in “meaningful conversation” with each other: 4
10/88Ratio of G.I. Joe dolls to American G.I.s: 50:1
10/88Percentage of Americans earning less than $15,000 a year who say they have achieved the American Dream: 5
Percentage of Americans earning more than $50,000 a year who say this: 6
Percentage who say that Michael Dukakis is: 8
10/88Number of women appointed Official Salem Witch by Governor Michael Dukakis: 1
10/88Number of the last 10 presidential elections that were won by the taller candidate: 8