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Pounds of [Drugs|marijuana] seized in [Chicago|Chicago] last [December|December] from a 22-year-old’s [Bedroom|bedroom]

: 700

Number of [Europe|European] countries in which cases of the disease [MadCowDisease|mad cow disease] have been documented

: 13

Estimated chance that an [AfricanAmerican|African-American] [Men|man] is [AIDS|HIV]-positive

: 1 in 50

Percentage change since [1990s|1995] in new [Drugs|drug] applications filed with the [FDA|FDA] that include test results from abroad

: +300

Number of players on [Spain|Spain] ‘s [Gold|gold]-winning [Basketball|disabled Olympic basketball] team recently found to have [Mendacity|faked] their disabilities

: 10

Minimum number of [MentalHandicap|mentally retarded] Americans who have been executed by the [Justice|justice] system since [1970s|1976]

: 35

Estimated chance that a U.S. [Prison|prisoner] is [MentalHandicap|mentally retarded]

: 1 in 14

Percentage of [WashingtonDC|Washington] [Child|children] who completed an 8-year [Tobacco|antismoking] program in the [1990s|1990s] who now smoke regularly

: 25.4

Percentage of [Child|children] in the program’s nonparticipating control group who now smoke

: 25.7

Pounds of [Drugs|marijuana] that a private company has been contracted to grow for [Canada|Canada]’s health ministry next year

: 407

Average number of [Cow|cows] [Terrorism|destroyed] each day in [Britain|Britain] last year in an effort to eliminate [MadCowDisease|mad cow disease]

: 2,274

Percentage change since [1990s|1996] in U.S. sales of organic [Food|foods]

: +122

Percentage change since then in the sales of [Obesity|Krispy Kreme Doughnuts]

: +110

Amount of [Montana|Montana’s] total net [Agriculture|farm] income in [1990s|1999] that did not come from government assistance

: 0

Percentage change since [1970s|1979] in the number of [Montana|Montanans] engaged in [Agriculture|farm] work

: ???0.003

Number of the last 9 [Democracy|presidential] elections in which [Montana|Montana] voted [RepublicanParty|Republican]

: 8

Year in which a political candidate first sued [Florida|Palm Beach County] over problems with [Democracy|hanging chads]

: 1984

Percentage of life that is “just holding on,” according to [BillClinton|Bill Clinton]

: 90

Chance that Vice President [DickCheney|Cheney] will have a “cardiac event” by 2005, according to Duke University cardiologists

: 1 in 2

[Days|Days] after Time named [GeorgeWBush|George W. Bush] 2000’s [Men|man] of the year that [Russia|Russians] named [Communism|Vladimir Lenin] man of the century

: 4

Percentage of global economic activity accounted for by the world’s 200 largest [Business|corporations]

: 27.5

Number of the 8 experts most recently appointed to study the syndrome who were [Medicine|medical] professionals

: 2

Number of times [ColinPowell|Colin Powell] said, “I don’t recall” or, “I can’t recall” during his [1980s|1987] [Iran|Iran]-Contra testimony

: 56

Ratio of U.S. spending on the bombing of [Serbia|Serbia] in [1990s|1999] to U.S. spending on Serbian [Democracy|election] aid last [Fall|fall]

: 80:1

[Hours|Hours] it took [Canada|Canadian] [Democracy|election] workers last year to hand count 13 million ballots cast in their general election

: 5

Percentage of [Venezuela|Venezuelans] [Democracy|voting] last [December|December] who approved a government-sponsored resolution to oust all [Labor|union] leaders

: 62

Average number of messages to kidnapped friends and relatives broadcast each week by a [Colombia|Colombian] [Media|radio] show

: 90

Number of “bonding sessions” organized by Procter & Gamble each week in Monterrey, [Mexico|Mexico], to encourage [Hygiene|tampon] use

: 60

Chance that a U.S. [GulfWar|Gulf War] vet has reported a health problem to the government’s [GulfWar|Gulf War] Syndrome programs

: 1 in 6

Percentage of the world’s population that these [Business|corporations] [Jobs|employ]

: 0.8

Estimated chance that an [Internet|Internet] firm closed down last year

: 1 in 50

Amount owed creditors by the touring song-and-[Dance|dance] group Up with People when it went under last [December|December]

: $7,300,000

Annual number of U.S. [Education|elementary school] [Student|students] who play [Finance|The Stock Market Game], a 10-week trading simulation

: 200,000

Amount of play [Money|money] the [Child|children] are given to invest

: $100,000

Additional amount they may borrow on margin

: $100,000

Amount a [Denmark|Danish] [Art|art museum] was fined last year for an exhibition inviting visitors to liquefy live [Fish|goldfish] in blenders

: $225

Price of a [Fashion|designer skirt made of hamster pelts], introduced in [Britain|Britain] last year

: $2,200
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