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Number of American [Child|children] [Death|crushed to death] by [Television|television] sets since [1990s|1990]

: 28

Minimum amount [Crime|John Gotti Jr.] told a federal judge last [Fall|fall] that he required each month for private guards

: $21,000

[Wealth|Severance pay] received by [Media|Viacom] [CEO|CEO] Frank Biondi after he was fired by the company in [1990s|1996]

: $15,000,000

Severance pay Frank Biondi received last year after he was [Business|fired] by [Media|Universal Pictures]

: $30,000,000

Average amount each American living in [Poverty|poverty] would receive if [1990s|1998’s] budget [Economics|surplus] were divided among them

: $1,967

Ratio of federal emergency spending appropriated for [1990s|1999] to the average appropriation in the last five years

: 5:2

Percentage of America’s [Energy|nuclear power] plants that were found to have “serious security lapses‚” last year

: 47

Number of people detained or evacuated from buildings in [California|California] last [December|December] due to anonymous [Anthrax|anthrax] threats

: 3,000

Number of times one [NewJersey|New Jersey] [Education|high school] was evacuated in the last school year due to [Terrorism|bomb] threats

: 30

Amount Fortune [Magazine|magazine] estimates that [MichaelJordan|Michael Jordan] [Basketball|NBA] career has contributed to the U.S. [Economics|economy]

: $10,000,000,000

Estimated chances that a U.S. [Child|child] diagnosed with [Disease|leukemia] will be in remission five years later

: 4 in 5

Estimated chance that an [Iraq|Iraqi] [Child|child] diagnosed with leukemia will live that long

: 0

Ratio of [Cuba|Cuba’s] [Death|infant mortality rate] to that of the U.S.

: 1:1

Ratio of the number of [Medicine|doctors] per capita in the U.S. to the number of [Doctor|doctors] per capita in [Cuba|Cuba]

: 1:2

Number of [Sex|virgins] who have bought an [Insurance|insurance] policy against [Religion|immaculate] conception next year

: 10,113

Percentage of the 2,397 [Freedom|surveillance] cameras monitoring public spaces in [NewYorkCity|New York City] that are privately owned

: 89

Number by which emigrants from the U.S. to [Ireland|Ireland] between [1990s|1995] and 1998 exceeded those from Ireland to the U.S.

: 4,300

Percentage by which [Iraq|Iraq’s] [Oil|oil] sales last year fell short of the maximum allowed under U.N. sanctions

: 22

Number of [Kitchen|professional-style kitchens] in the home [Sport|Mike Tyson] is attempting to sell

: 7

Number of [Cookery|pies] brought to last year’s event

: 15

Date and time of the annual [Science|pi] celebration held at [SanFrancisco|San Francisco’s] Exploratorium

: 3/14, 1:59

Keys required, along with the alt key, to type the [Finance|euro] symbol on new [Technology|Windows-compatible keyboards] [Business|sold] in the U.S.

: 0,1,2,8

Chance that an [Technology|IBM-compatible personal computer] made since [1990s|1997] has [Y2K|Y2K] flaws

: 1 in 2

Percentage change since [1990s|1996] in the value of [Finance|initial public offerings] of stock in [SiliconValley|Silicon Valley] companies

: ???45

Size of the [Business|business] loan given [Internet|Amazon.com] last [April|April] after 11 consecutive months without a profit

: $275,000,000

Average hourly outflow from [Brazil|Brazil] ‘s [Economics|currency reserves] on [January|January] 13 and 14, after the real was devalued

: $214,000,000

Number of ships ordered from [Japan|Japan’s] four largest shipbuilders in [1990s|1998’s] last quarter

: 0

Estimated percentage of [Indonesia|Indonesian] [Business|businesses] that are in [Bankruptcy|bankruptcy]

: 70

Percentage change in [Gasoline|gasoline] prices in [Nigeria|Nigeria] after government price caps were lifted last [December|December]

: +127

Ratio of the price of a gallon of crude [Oil|oil] to the wholesale price of a gallon of Evian water

: 1:11

Percentage change in total [Oil|oil] sales of other OPEC countries since then

: ???35

Percentage change in [Iraq|Iraq’s] [Oil|oil] [Business|sales] since [1990s|1997]

: +45

Rank of the U.S. among countries that bought the most [Oil|oil] from [Iraq|Iraq] last year

: 1
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