Chances that a dollar spent on lobbying by a major [Oil|oil] company in [1990s|1997] came from [Exxon|Exxon] or Mobil
: 1 in 4Number of times it has won
: 15Number of times since [1990s|1994] that the [ACLU|ACLU] has sued [NewYorkCity|New York] Mayor [RudolphGiuliani|Rudolph Giuliani]
: 17Number of the world’s countries that are required by the [1980s|1984] [Torture|Torture Convention] to indict or extradite suspected torturers
: 122Percentage change since [1980s|1987] in incidents of international [Terrorism|terrorism] worldwide
: ???50Amount the [Family|family] of [OsamaBinLaden|Osama bin Laden] was paid by [SaudiArabia|Saudi Arabia] to construct U.S. barracks there this year
: $150,000,000Number of survivors of [War|Spanish-American War] [Business|soldiers] who received [Veterans|Veterans] Department benefits last year
: 1,028Number of paragraphs of the [1990s|1999] federal budget devoted to passing these costs on to [Taxes|taxpayers]
: 2Estimated amount by which the awards sought will exceed the bailout’s original $165 billion cost
: $50,000,000,000Number of [S&LCrisis|S&Ls] or [Finance|shareholder] groups seeking damages from the government over its handling of the [1980s|1980s] bailout
: 120Average profit in [1990s|1995]
: $1.85Average profit [Business|U.S. businesses] earn per [Labor|worker] for every $1 spent on salary and benefits
: $2.15Average amount spent in [1980s|1989]
: $5,460Average amount the [MilitaryIndustrialComplex|U.S.] military spent last year on recruiting, per [Business|soldier] enlisted
: $7,187Number of [AquaticLife|scuba sets] available
: 85Estimated number of U.S. [Christianity|Christians] who moved to [Jerusalem|Jerusalem’s] Mount of Olives last year to await the [Y2K|millennium]
: 100Estimated chances that a U.S. [Business|corporate merger] will result in short- and long-term [Finance|shareholder] losses
: 2 in 3Percentage by which the breakup of [Energy|Standard Oil] increased the size of John D. Rockefeller’s personal [Wealth|wealth]
: 300Percentage of his [Wealth|wealth] that [BillGates|Bill Gates] has pledged to donate this year for [Child|children’s] vaccines in [Poverty|poor] countries
: 0.0016Amount that Nike [CEO|CEO] Philip Knight was paid last year after his [Wealth|annual compensation] was cut by 42 percent
: $1,680,000Amount a [Education|fourth-grade] [Colorado|Denver] class has [Democracy|raised] since last [March|March] to buy and free [Sudan|Sudanese] [Slavery|slaves]
: $35,000Number of [Sudan|Sudanese] no longer [Slavery|enslaved] as a result
: 600Percentage change since [1990s|1997] in the number of [SouthKorea|South Korean] [Suicide|suicides]
: +36Estimated number of people, per 10,000, who died of [Hunger|starvation] in one [Sudan|Sudanese] village over ten [Days|days] last [July|July]
: 69Average number of daily [Death|deaths] per 10,000 that constitutes an internationally recognized “emergency‚”
: 2Number of tourists taken [Terrorism|hostage] by [Labor|striking] Club Med workers in Martinique for three [Days|days] last [November|November]
: 287Average number of tourists who visit the [SouthAfrica|South African] township of Soweto each day
: 1,000Estimated number of [Education|wind-surfing lessons] per week provided for [Business|soldiers] at [Kuwait|Kuwait’s] [Army|U.S. Army] base
: 60Estimated number of [China|Chinese] who die each day from [Tobacco|smoking]-related illnesses
: 2,000Number 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‚”
: 6,469Weeks after [Genetics|DNA] testing confirmed [BillClinton|Bill Clinton’s] [Adultery|adultery] last [Fall|fall] that such testing confirmed [FoundingFathers|Thomas Jefferson’s] as well
: 7Number of DON’T IMPEACH THE [BillClinton|PRESIDENT] IF IT INTERRUPTS MY SOAPS! T-[Fashion|shirts] printed by [Entertainment|Soap Opera Digest] last [Fall|fall]
: 250Number of “real ideological differences‚” within the [DemocraticParty|Democratic Party], according to Senator Robert Torricelli
: 0Number of [Entertainment|Jeopardy!] championships won by freshman [DemocraticParty|Democratic] Representative Rush Holt
: 6Portion of the audience at [NewYorkCity|New York’s] Ziegfeld [Theater|Theatre] that day who left before the feature [Cinema|film] began
: 1/3Percentage by which [Entertainment|box-office] receipts at [Cinema|theaters] running the new Star Wars trailer rose on the day of its appearance
: 25Ratio of [Media|reporters] who covered [Space|John Glenn’s] [1990s|1998] shuttle flight to those who covered his first space flight in [1960s|1962]
: 7:1Percentage who say they have dropped “important information‚” from a story since then for [Fear|fear] of being sued
: 28Percentage of local [Media|TV news] directors who say their stations have been sued for [FreeSpeech|libel] since [1990s|1995]
: 38