12/01Ratio of businesses to military sites attacked by international terrorists between 1995 and 2000: 38:1

U.S. Department of State

    Chance that a death caused by international terrorism during that period occurred in Asia: 1 in 2

U.S. Department of State

4/02Number of people charged between 1988 and 1992 in connection with the U.S. savings and loan collapse: 1,098

Robert Tillman, St. John’s University (Queens, N.Y.)

    Ratio of the average S&L jail term awarded in those years to the average term for a federal burglary conviction: 2:3

Robert Tillman, St. John’s University (Queens, N.Y.)

6/00Estimated minimum value of the diamonds sold to De Beers by Angolan rebels since 1992: $1,000,000,000

Human Rights Watch (London)

6/02Total public financing for which Enron has received approval since 1992: $7,219,000,000

Institute for Policy Studies (Washington)

7/96Chances that an American with a 1994 B.A. in journalism works in public relations, advertising, or is unemployed: 1 in 3

Ohio State University School of Journalism (Columbus, Ohio)