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Chance that an American says the new [HomelandSecurity|Department of Homeland Security] makes the nation “[Mendacity|a lot safer]”

: 1 in 8

Minimum number of U.S. cities, towns, and counties that have passed resolutions opposing the [HomelandSecurity|USA Patriot Act]

: 20

Percentage of [Race|black] [SouthAfrica|South Africans] who now have a positive view of the way their country was governed under apartheid

: 20

Percentage of [Jamaica|Jamaicans] who say they would be “better off today” had Jamaica remained a [Britain|British] [Colonialism|colony]

: 53

Price for a single berth on the [February|February] 2001 “[Mendacity|Freedom] Cruise,” including a tour of [Grenada|Grenada] led by [OliverNorth|Oliver North]

: $1,906

Minimum number of [Wealth|yachts] that were donated to U.S. [Charity|charities] in 2001

: 527

Amount [RepublicanParty|Republican] candidates raised last year from individuals who gave as much

: $3,000,000

Amount [DemocraticParty|Democratic] candidates raised last year from individuals who gave at least $1 million

: $36,000,000

Minimum amount [SP500|S&P 500] [Business|corporations] owe in retirement benefits for which they have set aside no funds

: $458,000,000,000

Percentage who chose “angry,” “worried,” or “confused”

: 59

Percentage change since 2000 in the average value of goods [Crime|stolen] in each U.S. [Shoplifting|shoplifting] incident

: +53

Number of [California|California] inmates serving 25 years to life under the three-strikes law for thefts worth less than $400

: 344

Number who have been charged with [Crime|crimes]

: 2

Number of the 44 U.S. residents [Freedom|detained] as “potential grand jury witnesses” in [Terrorism|terrorism] cases who have yet to testify

: 20

Number of years the [NewYorkCity|New York] [Policing|Police] Department’s new Deputy Commissioner of [Propaganda|Intelligence] worked for the [CIA|CIA]

: 35

Chance that a [Britain|Briton] polled online believes that the United States is a bigger threat to world peace than is [Iraq|Iraq]

: 1 in 3

Number of countries the [JusticeDepartment|Justice Department] has advised since [1980s|1981] on the creation of [Freedom|freedom] of information policies

: 73

Percentage change since [Fall|fall] 2000 in the number of documents classified by the [FederalGovernment|federal government]

: +44

Percentage of Americans [Polling|surveyed] in [October|October] who chose the word “hopeful” to describe their feelings about the [Economics|economy]

: 37

Percentage of [Race|African Americans] who have dated at least one [Caucasian|white] American

: 43

Percentage of [Caucasian|white] Americans who have dated at least one [AfricanAmerican|African American]

: 17

Percentage change since 2000 in the number of [Disease|syphilis cases] among U.S. [Men|men] and [Women|women], respectively

: +15, ???18

Number of [Women|female] characters with supernatural powers on major U.S. network-[Television|television] programs last season

: 20

Estimated number of [Space|asteroids] whose orbits Earth crosses each year

: 20,000,000

Ratio of the amount the U.S. will spend on [Missile|missile] defense this year to the amount it spent in [1980s|1988] under [RonaldReagan|Reagan]

: 4:3

Percentage by which the average [Sperm|sperm] count of an [Urban|urban] U.S. [Men|male] exceeds that of a [Rural|rural] U.S. male

: 60

Chances that a U.S. [Men|man] between the ages of 18 and 34 [Vanity|shaves] all or part of his chest

: 3 in 10

Chances that a [Men|man] says he is interested in [Vanity|chest-hair removal]

: 6 in 10

Minimum number of neutered [Pets|pets] worldwide that have been implanted with fake [Testicles|testicles]

: 100,000

Chances that a new [Student|student] at the University of [California|California] at [Hippies|Berkeley] last [Fall|fall] had at least one [Immigration|foreign-born] [Parenting|parent]

: 2 in 3

Percentage change in the number of graduate degrees awarded in [China|China] since [1980s|1981]

: +680

Number of [Death|deaths] in 2001 that the [Japan|Japanese] government classified as having resulted from overwork

: 143

Factor by which [Russia|Russia’s] tuberculosis rate exceeds that of Western [Europe|Europe]

: 7.6

Minimum percentage of [Angola|Angola’s] [Business|soldiers] who are [AIDS|HIV]-positive

: 40

Number of warring factions for which the world’s estimated 500,000 [Child|child] [Business|soldiers] have been enlisted to fight

: 72

Rank of the size of [Russia|Russia’s] and [Turkey|Turkey’s] standing armies, respectively, among [Europe|Europe’s] largest

: 1,2

Minimum number of [Business|soldiers] [Death|killed] or severely injured each year in the [Russia|Russian] army’s initiation hazing

: 2,000

Percentage of [Moscow|Moscow] residents who say that city residents from [Chechnya|Chechnya] or the rest of the Caucasus should be expelled

: 25
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