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Chances that a dollar spent on lobbying by a major [Oil|oil] company in [1990s|1997] came from [Exxon|Exxon] or Mobil

: 1 in 4

Number of times since [1990s|1994] that the [ACLU|ACLU] has sued [NewYorkCity|New York] Mayor [RudolphGiuliani|Rudolph Giuliani]

: 17

Number of the world’s countries that are required by the [1980s|1984] [Torture|Torture Convention] to indict or extradite suspected torturers

: 122

Percentage change since [1980s|1987] in incidents of international [Terrorism|terrorism] worldwide

: ???50

Amount the [Family|family] of [OsamaBinLaden|Osama bin Laden] was paid by [SaudiArabia|Saudi Arabia] to construct U.S. barracks there this year

: $150,000,000

Number of survivors of [War|Spanish-American War] [Business|soldiers] who received [Veterans|Veterans] Department benefits last year

: 1,028

Number of paragraphs of the [1990s|1999] federal budget devoted to passing these costs on to [Taxes|taxpayers]

: 2

Estimated amount by which the awards sought will exceed the bailout’s original $165 billion cost

: $50,000,000,000

Number of [S&LCrisis|S&Ls] or [Finance|shareholder] groups seeking damages from the government over its handling of the [1980s|1980s] bailout

: 120

Average profit [Business|U.S. businesses] earn per [Labor|worker] for every $1 spent on salary and benefits

: $2.15

Average amount spent in [1980s|1989]

: $5,460

Average amount the [MilitaryIndustrialComplex|U.S.] military spent last year on recruiting, per [Business|soldier] enlisted

: $7,187

Number of [AquaticLife|scuba sets] available

: 85

Estimated number of U.S. [Christianity|Christians] who moved to [Jerusalem|Jerusalem’s] Mount of Olives last year to await the [Y2K|millennium]

: 100

Estimated chances that a U.S. [Business|corporate merger] will result in short- and long-term [Finance|shareholder] losses

: 2 in 3

Percentage by which the breakup of [Energy|Standard Oil] increased the size of John D. Rockefeller’s personal [Wealth|wealth]

: 300

Percentage of his [Wealth|wealth] that [BillGates|Bill Gates] has pledged to donate this year for [Child|children’s] vaccines in [Poverty|poor] countries

: 0.0016

Amount that Nike [CEO|CEO] Philip Knight was paid last year after his [Wealth|annual compensation] was cut by 42 percent

: $1,680,000

Amount a [Education|fourth-grade] [Colorado|Denver] class has [Democracy|raised] since last [March|March] to buy and free [Sudan|Sudanese] [Slavery|slaves]

: $35,000

Number of [Sudan|Sudanese] no longer [Slavery|enslaved] as a result

: 600

Percentage change since [1990s|1997] in the number of [SouthKorea|South Korean] [Suicide|suicides]

: +36

Estimated number of people, per 10,000, who died of [Hunger|starvation] in one [Sudan|Sudanese] village over ten [Days|days] last [July|July]

: 69

Average number of daily [Death|deaths] per 10,000 that constitutes an internationally recognized “emergency‚”

: 2

Number of tourists taken [Terrorism|hostage] by [Labor|striking] Club Med workers in Martinique for three [Days|days] last [November|November]

: 287

Average number of tourists who visit the [SouthAfrica|South African] township of Soweto each day

: 1,000

Estimated number of [Education|wind-surfing lessons] per week provided for [Business|soldiers] at [Kuwait|Kuwait’s] [Army|U.S. Army] base

: 60

Estimated number of [China|Chinese] who die each day from [Tobacco|smoking]-related illnesses

: 2,000

Number of products licensed last year by the [NewYork|New York] [Business|entrepreneur] who [IntellectualProperty|trademarked] the sequence 01-01-00

: 1,000

[Science|Patent] number awarded [AbrahamLincoln|Abraham Lincoln] in 1849 on a device for “buoying vessels over shoals‚”

: 6,469

Weeks after [Genetics|DNA] testing confirmed [BillClinton|Bill Clinton’s] [Adultery|adultery] last [Fall|fall] that such testing confirmed [FoundingFathers|Thomas Jefferson’s] as well

: 7

Number of DON’T IMPEACH THE [BillClinton|PRESIDENT] IF IT INTERRUPTS MY SOAPS! T-[Fashion|shirts] printed by [Entertainment|Soap Opera Digest] last [Fall|fall]

: 250

Number of “real ideological differences‚” within the [DemocraticParty|Democratic Party], according to Senator Robert Torricelli

: 0

Number of [Entertainment|Jeopardy!] championships won by freshman [DemocraticParty|Democratic] Representative Rush Holt

: 6

Portion of the audience at [NewYorkCity|New York’s] Ziegfeld [Theater|Theatre] that day who left before the feature [Cinema|film] began

: 1/3

Percentage by which [Entertainment|box-office] receipts at [Cinema|theaters] running the new Star Wars trailer rose on the day of its appearance

: 25

Ratio of [Media|reporters] who covered [Space|John Glenn’s] [1990s|1998] shuttle flight to those who covered his first space flight in [1960s|1962]

: 7:1

Percentage who say they have dropped “important information‚” from a story since then for [Fear|fear] of being sued

: 28

Percentage of local [Media|TV news] directors who say their stations have been sued for [FreeSpeech|libel] since [1990s|1995]

: 38
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