Minimum number of times since 2000 that U.S. news stories have described [AlGore|Al Gore] as “president in exile”
: 26Number of orphaned newborn [Dog|puppies] successfully [Breast|breast]-fed last [Fall|fall] by a [Norway|Norwegian] [Women|woman]
: 6Estimated number of endangered [Animal|animal] and [Plants|plant] [LivingOrganism|species] in the Korean demilitarized zone
: 49Ratio of acreage owned by the [USMilitary|U.S. military] to the size of [NorthKorea|North Korea]
: 1:1Number of active-duty members of the [USMilitary|U.S. military], per structure it owns, worldwide
: 2Ratio of the combined annual revenue of [NativeAmerican|Native American] [Gambling|casinos] to that of [LasVegas|Las Vegas] casinos
: 5:3Maximum number of U.S. firms whose 2001 profit exceeded the combined profits of [NativeAmerican|Native American] [Gambling|casinos]
: 16Number of the last four years in which CSX paid any federal income [Taxes|tax]
: 2Annual corporate [SeniorCitizen|pension] that CSX will pay the new U.S. treasury secretary for the rest of his life
: $2,470,000Number of announcements of mass [Business|layoffs] reported in 2002
: 17,799Date on which the [GeorgeWBush|Bush] Administration announced the cancellation of monthly federal reporting of mass [Business|layoffs]
: 12/24/02Last date on which instructions for [Sex|condom] use appeared on the [FederalGovernment|federal government’s] online [Condoms|condom] fact sheet
: 6/20/01Percentage points by which wearing a swimsuit decreased the average score among [Women|women]
: 6Percentage points by which wearing a [Fashion|swimsuit] increased the average math test score among [Men|men] in a [Michigan|Michigan] study
: 4Percentage change since [1990s|1990] in the annual number of large-scale outbreaks of U.S. school-cafeteria [Food|food] poisoning
: +100Percentage change since [1960s|1964] in the number of different [Sweets|marshmallow shapes] to be found in Lucky Charms [Cereal|cereal]
: +100Percentage of [Literature|Shakespeare’s] sonnets that contain at least one economic [Language|metaphor]
: 30Chance that an [ACLU|ACLU] member has joined the group since [GeorgeWBush|George W. Bush] became president
: 1 in 2Minimum number of federal [Corruption|lobbyists] registered since [1990s|1999] whose interests cover “[Terrorism|terror]” or “[HomelandSecurity|security]” issues
: 444Estimated number of applications that the [UnitedNations|U.N.] received last year for its 302 [WMD|weapons]-inspector positions
: 1,200Minimum number of U.S.-led [War|bomb strikes] on [Iraq|Iraq] in the month after inspections were agreed to last [Winter|winter]
: 17Percentage change in the size of the [Oil|U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve] under [GeorgeWBush|George W. Bush]
: +11Percentage change in the size of the [Oil|U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve] under [BillClinton|Bill Clinton]
: ???5Chance that a [Army|U.S. soldier] [War|killed] in the Persian [GulfWar|Gulf War] was a victim of enemy aggression
: 1 in 3Amount the [AirForce|U.S. Air Force] will pay a [Texas|Texas] [Women|woman] this year for mistakenly hitting her home with a dummy bomb
: $12,000Factor by which the percentage increase in the cost of a U.S. [Jobs|employee] [HealthCare|health plan] since 2001 has exceeded inflation
: 7Year in which the last two federal studies of the possible side effects of mass [Smallpox|smallpox] vaccination were published
: 1968Number of Americans one study expects to suffer “serious reactions” in the event of such vaccinations
: 286,404Factor by which this study’s estimate exceeds that of the other
: 16Number of U.S. states whose [Insurance|Blue Cross/Blue Shield] insurers were for-profit [Business|corporations] in [1990s|1990] and 2002, respectively
: 0, 18Number of [Philadelphia|Philadelphia’s] public [Education|schools] run by one of seven private-sector education management organizations
: 45[Britain|British] price-fixing fine levied last [November|November] on Hasbro, the maker of Monopoly
: $8,000,000Number of [Monkey|pygmy monkeys] seized from a traveler’s [Fashion|pants] last [December|December] by L.A. customs officials
: 2Months after [Ohio|Ohio’s] Flesh Public Library installed [Internet|Internet] filters in 2000 that the filters blocked its own website
: 12Minimum number of local activists the [Colorado|Denver] [Policing|police] department has gathered information on since the [1950s|1950s]
: 3,200Amount the department spent in 2000 to put these names in an internal database
: $45,800Minimum number of [California|California] concerts canceled since [August|August] because of new U.S. visa policies
: 37Number of the 22 [Cuba|Cuban] nominees invited to last year’s Latin Grammy Awards unable to attend because of such policies
: 22Chances that an [Arab|Arab] American is [Christianity|Christian]
: 3 in 4Rank shared by [JesusChrist|Jesus Christ] and [BillClinton|Bill Clinton] among “the greatest Americans of all time,” according to Americans
: 13