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Number of [Days|days] a Norse [Women|woman] incubated a [Bird|bird’s egg] between her [Breast|breasts] last [Spring|spring] before giving up

: 28

Percentage change between [1960s|1965] and [1990s|1995] in the number of U.S. households that pay for [Labor|housecleaning]

: +53

Percentage change between [1970s|1975] and [1990s|1998] in the size of a [Wealth|new] [Housing|U.S. home]

: +33

Chance that an American earning [Wealth|more than $100,000] in [1980s|1988] was [Taxes|audited]

: 1 in 18

Chance that an American earning this much in [1990s|1996] was

: 1 in 44

Factor by which combined U.S. individual [Charity|charitable] donations in [1990s|1998] exceeded those of foundations and [Business|corporations]

: 6

Total return on a [Money|dollar] [Finance|invested] in the “socially responsible‚” Domini 400 Social Index in [1990s|1990]

: $5.75

Length, in feet, of the longest soap bubble ever recorded

: 105

[Minutes|Minutes] of pregame [Snow|snowball] making allowed in the [Sport|International Snow Battle Contest] held this month in [Finland|Finland]

: 30

Factor by which [Africa|Africa’s] [Disease|cholera] fatality rate exceeds the rate achievable with proper treatment and adequate sanitation

: 5

Age in years of the first [Child|baby] born in [Denmark|Denmark] last [January|January], according to the [Medicine|hospital’s] [Computer|computer]

: 100

Number of Americans who are at least this old

: 62,000

Number of [Census|U.S. Census] respondents in [1990s|1990] who identified their [Race|race] as “other‚”

: 9,804,847

Percentage of them later requestioned by the Census who reported being [Caucasian|white]

: 59

Number of former [Poverty|welfare] recipients [NewYorkCity|New York City] trained since last [April|April] to work as [Telephone|phone] [Folly|psychics]

: 15

Number of [Flowers|flowers] that [Prison|prison] inmates plant each [Spring|spring] at the [Illinois|Illinois] State Fairgrounds

: 110,000

Ratio of [April|April] showers to [Plants|plants] producing [May|May] [Flowers|flowers] at the [Springfield|Springfield], [Illinois|Illinois], Park District last year

: 1:1,571

Rank of [Illinois|Chicago] among the windiest U.S. cities

: 53

Percentage change since then

: ???43

Chance that an American without [HealthCare|health insurance] would be covered under [AlGore|Al Gore’s] proposed health-care plan

: 1 in 2

Percentage of eligible [Texas|Texans] who [Democracy|voted] for [GeorgeWBush|George W. Bush] for governor in [1990s|1994] and 1998, respectively

: 27, 22

Portion of [Texas|Texas] industrial plants operating under “grandfathered‚” emissions [Regulation|rules] that predate [1970s|1971’s] Clean Air Act

: 1/2

Gallons of [Oil|oil] [Crime|leaked] into the [GulfofMexico|Gulf of Mexico] this year after an oil rig’s anchor punctured an underwater pipeline

: 94,500

Estimated tons of [Pollution|PCBs] that General Electric has [Crime|leaked] into the Hudson River since [1970s|1977’s] [Law|ban] on dumping the toxin

: 6.8

Estimated portion of [Whale|whale], [Dolphin|dolphin], and porpoise [Meat|meat] consumed in [Japan|Japan] last year whose [Pollution|pollution] levels were toxic

: 1/2

Maximum tonnage by which [Pollution|pollution] reduced [China|China’s] potential annual [Wheat|wheat] production between [1990s|1994] and 1996

: 10,000

Tons of [Wheat|wheat] [China|China] imported during this period

: 10,000

Percentage change in foreign direct [Finance|investment] in [Vietnam|Vietnam] between [1990s|1991] and 1996

: +1,142

Chance that a [HealthCare|managed care] patient is unaware of being enrolled in managed care

: 2 in 3

Years it took [Afghanistan|Afghanistan] to restore its international [Telephone|phone] links after [War|civil war] disabled them in [1990s|1993]

: 7

Average number of [Minutes|minutes] per day that Americans spend waiting for [Internet|Web] pages to download

: 9

Percentage change since [1990s|1996] in the amount of time it takes a U.S. [Immigration|green-card] holder to become a resident

: +106

Percentage change since [1990s|1994] in the number of beds in [Immigration|INS] [Freedom|detention] facilities

: +2821

Number of face masks that [Mexico|Mexico’s] Zapatista leader Subcommandante Marcos has worn out since [1990s|1994]

: 5

Number of the eight Zapatista demands to which the [Mexico|Mexican] government agreed in [1990s|1996] that have yet to be met

: 0

Minimum number of laws passed in [Peru|Peru] since [1990s|1992] that violate at least one article of the country’s [Constitution|constitution]

: 91

Percentage change between [1960s|1969] and [1990s|1998] in the annual number of [AirTravel|planes] [Terrorism|hijacked] worldwide

: ???89

Percentage change between [1990s|1997] and 1998 in the number of [Disease|cholera] cases

: +99
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