2/03Minimum number of U.S. cities, towns, and counties that have passed resolutions opposing the USA Patriot Act: 20
2/03Chance that an American says the new Department of Homeland Security makes the nation “a lot safer”: 1 in 8
2/03Percentage change since fall 2000 in the number of documents classified by the federal government: +44
2/03Number of countries the Justice Department has advised since 1981 on the creation of freedom of information policies: 73
2/03Chance that a Briton polled online believes that the United States is a bigger threat to world peace than is Iraq: 1 in 3
2/03Number of years the New York Police Department’s new Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence worked for the CIA: 35
2/03Number of the 44 U.S. residents detained as “potential grand jury witnesses” in terrorism cases who have yet to testify: 20
2/03Number of California inmates serving 25 years to life under the three-strikes law for thefts worth less than $400: 344
2/03Percentage change since 2000 in the average value of goods stolen in each U.S. shoplifting incident: +53
2/03Percentage of Americans surveyed in October who chose the word “hopeful” to describe their feelings about the economy: 37
Percentage who chose “angry,” “worried,” or “confused”: 59
2/03Minimum amount S&P 500 corporations owe in retirement benefits for which they have set aside no funds: $458,000,000,000
2/03Amount Democratic candidates raised last year from individuals who gave at least $1 million: $36,000,000
Amount Republican candidates raised last year from individuals who gave as much: $3,000,000
2/03Price for a single berth on the February 2001 “Freedom Cruise,” including a tour of Grenada led by Oliver North: $1,906
2/03Percentage of Jamaicans who say they would be “better off today” had Jamaica remained a British colony: 53
2/03Percentage of black South Africans who now have a positive view of the way their country was governed under apartheid: 20
2/03Percentage of Moscow residents who say that city residents from Chechnya or the rest of the Caucasus should be expelled: 25
2/03Minimum number of soldiers killed or severely injured each year in the Russian army’s initiation hazing: 2,000
2/03Rank of the size of Russia’s and Turkey’s standing armies, respectively, among Europe’s largest: 1,2
2/03Number of warring factions for which the world’s estimated 500,000 child soldiers have been enlisted to fight: 72
2/03Number of deaths in 2001 that the Japanese government classified as having resulted from overwork: 143
2/03Chances that a new student at the University of California at Berkeley last fall had at least one foreign-born parent: 2 in 3
2/03Percentage of African Americans who have dated at least one white American: 43
Percentage of white Americans who have dated at least one African American: 17
2/03Percentage change since 2000 in the number of syphilis cases among U.S. men and women, respectively: +15, -18
2/03Number of female characters with supernatural powers on major U.S. network-television programs last season: 20
2/03Estimated number of asteroids whose orbits Earth crosses each year: 20,000,000
2/03Ratio of the amount the U.S. will spend on missile defense this year to the amount it spent in 1988 under Reagan: 4:3
2/03Percentage by which the average sperm count of an urban U.S. male exceeds that of a rural U.S. male: 60
Chances that a man says he is interested in chest-hair removal: 6 in 10