5/92Number of times a candidate other than Jerry Brown has brought up the S&L crisis during the national debates: 0
Number of times any candidate has mentioned homelessness during the debates: 2
5/92Estimated number of American homeowners who had foreclosure proceedings initiated against them in 1991: 488,800
5/92Chances that a white American earning less than $28,000 per year will be denied a mortgage: 1 in 4.3
Chances that a black American earning more than $42,000 per year will be denied a mortgage: 1 in 4.7
5/92Percentage of Americans who believe that news coverage of the economy has had a “negative effect” on it: 49
5/92Number of days last year that Denmark’s largest newspaper ran no political coverage to protest bad government: 100
5/92Number of U.S. universities that offer a marketing degree with a specialty in golf management: 3
5/92Amount a University of Florida student-government political party spent on election campaigns this year: $16,484.27
5/92Percentage change, since 1988, in the number of Southerners voting in a Republican presidential primary: -7
Percentage change in the number of Southerners voting in a Democratic presidential primary: -20
5/92Rank of Arkansas, among states where the most toxins are released into the water each year, per capita: 3
5/92Ratio of per capita water consumption by Israelis living on the West Bank to that of Palestinians living there: 7:1
5/92Percentage change, between 1990 and 1991, in the number of crimes committed against Arab-Americans: +205
5/92Number of “Desert Storm” and “Desert Shield” commercial trademarks filed with the U.S. Patent Office last year: 100
5/92Miles of fiber-optic cable laid last year, worldwide: 150,416
Median age today: 23.7
5/92Chances that an American child living with both biological parents will have to repeat a grade in school: 1 in 9
5/92Percentage of women who cite a suspected fetal-health problem among the reasons for their abortion: 13
5/92Amount the city of Los Angeles spent last year on a fingerprint-reading system to catch welfare cheats: $2,282,740
Number of offenders that have been caught so far: 11
Chances today: 2 in 3
5/92Percentage of Americans who believe that U.S. cars built on Fridays have more mechanical problems: 40
5/92Applications requested this year from the San Francisco Municipal Railway for one graffiti-cleaning job: 15,000
5/92Percentage of U.S. Department of Agriculture employees who provide services to farmers: 21
5/92Price of Video Catnip, a 25-minute video of birds, squirrels, and chipmunks, from Pet Avision: $19.95
5/92Percentage by which the likelihood of a child becoming obese increases for every hour of TV watched per day: 2
5/92Price of Killer Kommando, Blade Invader, Twin Geeks, and Bad Fart, a set of toy action figures from Kenner: $4.95
5/92Average number of times Dr. Benjamin Spock, 89, consults his psychoanalyst each week: 4