Number of [Days|days] a Norse [Women|woman] incubated a [Bird|bird’s egg] between her [Breast|breasts] last [Spring|spring] before giving up
: 28Percentage change between [1960s|1965] and [1990s|1995] in the number of U.S. households that pay for [Labor|housecleaning]
: +53Percentage change between [1970s|1975] and [1990s|1998] in the size of a [Wealth|new] [Housing|U.S. home]
: +33Chance that an American earning [Wealth|more than $100,000] in [1980s|1988] was [Taxes|audited]
: 1 in 18Chance that an American earning this much in [1990s|1996] was
: 1 in 44Factor by which combined U.S. individual [Charity|charitable] donations in [1990s|1998] exceeded those of foundations and [Business|corporations]
: 6Total return on a [Money|dollar] [Finance|invested] in the “socially responsible‚” Domini 400 Social Index in [1990s|1990]
: $5.75Total return on a [Money|dollar] invested in the [SP500|S&P 500]
: $4.63Length, 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]
: 30Factor by which [Africa|Africa’s] [Disease|cholera] fatality rate exceeds the rate achievable with proper treatment and adequate sanitation
: 5Age in years of the first [Child|baby] born in [Denmark|Denmark] last [January|January], according to the [Medicine|hospital’s] [Computer|computer]
: 100Number of Americans who are at least this old
: 62,000Number of [Census|U.S. Census] respondents in [1990s|1990] who identified their [Race|race] as “other‚”
: 9,804,847Percentage of them later requestioned by the Census who reported being [Caucasian|white]
: 59Number of former [Poverty|welfare] recipients [NewYorkCity|New York City] trained since last [April|April] to work as [Telephone|phone] [Folly|psychics]
: 15Number of [Flowers|flowers] that [Prison|prison] inmates plant each [Spring|spring] at the [Illinois|Illinois] State Fairgrounds
: 110,000Ratio of [April|April] showers to [Plants|plants] producing [May|May] [Flowers|flowers] at the [Springfield|Springfield], [Illinois|Illinois], Park District last year
: 1:1,571Rank of [Illinois|Chicago] among the windiest U.S. cities
: 53Rank of Dodge City, [Kansas|Kansas]
: 1Percentage change since then
: ???43Chance that an American without [HealthCare|health insurance] would be covered under [AlGore|Al Gore’s] proposed health-care plan
: 1 in 2Percentage of eligible [Texas|Texans] who [Democracy|voted] for [GeorgeWBush|George W. Bush] for governor in [1990s|1994] and 1998, respectively
: 27, 22Portion of [Texas|Texas] industrial plants operating under “grandfathered‚” emissions [Regulation|rules] that predate [1970s|1971’s] Clean Air Act
: 1/2Gallons of [Oil|oil] [Crime|leaked] into the [GulfofMexico|Gulf of Mexico] this year after an oil rig’s anchor punctured an underwater pipeline
: 94,500Estimated tons of [Pollution|PCBs] that General Electric has [Crime|leaked] into the Hudson River since [1970s|1977’s] [Law|ban] on dumping the toxin
: 6.8Estimated portion of [Whale|whale], [Dolphin|dolphin], and porpoise [Meat|meat] consumed in [Japan|Japan] last year whose [Pollution|pollution] levels were toxic
: 1/2Maximum tonnage by which [Pollution|pollution] reduced [China|China’s] potential annual [Wheat|wheat] production between [1990s|1994] and 1996
: 10,000Tons of [Wheat|wheat] [China|China] imported during this period
: 10,000Percentage change in foreign direct [Finance|investment] in [Vietnam|Vietnam] between [1990s|1991] and 1996
: +1,142Chance that a [HealthCare|managed care] patient is unaware of being enrolled in managed care
: 2 in 3Years it took [Afghanistan|Afghanistan] to restore its international [Telephone|phone] links after [War|civil war] disabled them in [1990s|1993]
: 7Average number of [Minutes|minutes] per day that Americans spend waiting for [Internet|Web] pages to download
: 9Percentage change since [1990s|1996] in the amount of time it takes a U.S. [Immigration|green-card] holder to become a resident
: +106Percentage change since [1990s|1994] in the number of beds in [Immigration|INS] [Freedom|detention] facilities
: +2821Number of face masks that [Mexico|Mexico’s] Zapatista leader Subcommandante Marcos has worn out since [1990s|1994]
: 5Number of the eight Zapatista demands to which the [Mexico|Mexican] government agreed in [1990s|1996] that have yet to be met
: 0Minimum number of laws passed in [Peru|Peru] since [1990s|1992] that violate at least one article of the country’s [Constitution|constitution]
: 91Percentage change between [1960s|1969] and [1990s|1998] in the annual number of [AirTravel|planes] [Terrorism|hijacked] worldwide
: ???89Percentage change between [1990s|1997] and 1998 in the number of [Disease|cholera] cases
: +99