7/95Rank of Brazil, among the largest tobacco exporters: 1

Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture

7/02Ratio of Avon ladies to soldiers in Brazil: 5:2

Avon Products, Inc. (N.Y.C.)/U.S. Department of State

8/91Number of his first 77 decisions in which Supreme Court justice David Souter voted with Chief justice Rehnquist: 68

Harper’s research/Richard Carelli, AP (Washington)

5/87Amount that Brazil and Mexico owe foreign creditors: $204,159,200,000

World Bank (Washington, D.C.)

    Amount the United States owes: $209,800,000,000

U.S. Treasury Department

2/89Rank of Brazil, among all countries, in the number of reported AIDS cases: 3

World Health Organization (N.Y.C.)