6/88Portion of the defense budget it would take to lift every American family over the poverty line for one year: 1/9
Percentage who say that the United States should maintain its military strength no matter what it costs: 67
6/88Portion of the Pentagon’s 1986 budget for weapons and R&D that was classified: 1/7
6/88Estimated value of the arms the Reagan administration has shipped to Afghan rebels since January: $500,000,000
6/88Ratio of unexploded grenades, artillery shells, and land mines to sheep in the Falkland Islands: 1:4
To people: 89:1
6/88Percentage of British citizens who say that Northern Ireland should remain part of the United Kingdom: 27
Percentage of political deaths in Northern Ireland, since 1969, that have been caused by the IRA: 40
6/88Percentage of all those killed or injured in terrorist bombings worldwide last year who were Pakistani: 45
6/88Number of the 26 journalists murdered last year who were killed in the Philippines: 11
6/88Acres of wilderness Bolivia will preserve in exchange for a $650,000 reduction in its foreign debt: 3,000,000
6/88Percentage of all sitting federal judges who were appointed by Ronald Reagan: 47
6/88Number of presidential elections since 1964 in which the Democratic candidate won a majority of the white vote: 0
6/88Average increase in an NBA team’s season attendance when a black player is replaced by a comparable white: 10,000
6/88Number of universities that have a Barbra Streisand Professor of Women and Men in Society: 1
6/88Percentage of students at Dunkin’ Donuts University who do not pass the six-week training course: 5
6/88Rounds of golf played in America each year: 400,000,000
6/88Percentage of all ties sold last year that were bought for Father’s Day: 17
6/88Number of deaths in America, since 1981, caused by vending machines having fallen on people who shook them: 8
6/88Number of years it takes the average American car to produce its own weight in carbon: 1
6/88Percentage of dogs that are overweight: 40
6/88Price of Video Dog, a tape offering the “experience of owning a pet without the mess and inconvenience”: $19.95
6/88Estimated number of pornographic videocassettes that are rented each week: 3,400,000
6/88Chances that an American adult will report having had a ”great” night last night: 1 in 7
6/88Rank of “night,” “girl,” and “street” among the nouns most often used in Bruce Springsteen’s songs: 1,2,3