5/88Percentage of 1987 congressional roll-call votes in which legislation supported by the President was rejected: 57
5/88Number of years, since 1953, in which a president lost more congressional votes than he won: 1
5/88Percentage of Americans who think that “many problems” are beyond President Reagan’s grasp: 50
5/88Contributions to 1986 congressional candidates that came from PACs formed by foreign companies: $2,400,000
5/88Percentage of 1987 United Nations General Assembly votes in which Honduras voted with the United States: 24
5/88Members of Colombia’s Patriotic Union party who have been murdered since it was founded in 1985: 600
Number of the party’s 87 mayoral candidates who were murdered in the six months prior to the March elections: 29
5/88Percentage of Brazilians who favor a return to military government: 38
Chances that an American worker is: 1 in 6
5/88Value of all corporate mergers and acquisitions announced in the first two months of 1987: $32,000,000,000
In the first two months of 1988: $65,000,000,000
5/88Amount the Japanese spent last year on pinball: $55,000,000,000
Amount the Japanese spent last year on defense: $30,000,000,000
5/88Number of Israeli soldiers who have been jailed for refusing to serve in the West Bank and Gaza Strip: 9
5/88Amount the South Korean government spent last year on tear gas: $15,000,000
5/88Percentage of South Koreans who ate named Kim, Lee, or Park: 45
Federal funds spent last year to promote celibacy among teenagers: $3,000,000
5/88Average number of homeless people in New York City shelters and welfare hotels each day in 1987: 28,000
Estimated number of vacant New York City apartments that landlords kept off the market during 1987: 45,000
5/88Officers needed to evict the last resident of the Memphis motel where a Martin Luther King museum will open: 4
5/88Percentage increase, since 1986, in taxes paid by black South Africans: 500
5/88Percentage of 18- to 24-year aids who prefer President Reagan’s hairstyle to Carter’s and Ford’s: 47
5/88Number of jokes told about the Republican candidates on late-night network television in January and February: 173
About the Democratic Candidates: 110
5/88Chances that a restaurant bill is incorrect: 1 in 8
5/88Pounds of mud for rubbing baseballs bought by major league teams each year from Burns Bintliff of Delaware: 182
5/88Amount of U.S. humanitarian aid the contras spent on baseball and volleyball equipment in 1985 and 1986: $1,245