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Chance that a member of the American Association of Retired Persons holds a [Labor|paying job]

: 1 in 3

Rank of retired and [Feminism|housewife], among the most common “occupations‚” of donors to [BillClinton|Bill Clinton’s] legal defense fund

: 1,2

Chance that one of last year’s applicants for [Switzerland|Swiss] [Immigration|asylum] was a [Turkey|Turkish] [Kurdistan|Kurd]

: 1 in 3

Percentage change since [1990s|1997] in the annual number of people seeking [Immigration|asylum] in [Switzerland|Switzerland]

: +72

Rank of Jos?, among the most popular names given [Boy|boys] born in [California|California] or [Texas|Texas] last year

: 1

Chance that a Native [AmericanWomen|American woman] will be

: 1 in 10

Chance that a [Race|black] [Feminism|woman] living in the U.S. will be a victim of [Violence|violence] this year

: 1 in 18

Number of times that a [Caucasian|white man] has been executed for [Murder|killing] a [AfricanAmerican|black] [Men|man] in [Texas|Texas] since 1860

: 0

Percentage by which Jasper County, [Texas|Texas], raised property [Taxes|taxes] this year to finance the [Murder|murder] trial of John William King

: 4.5

Percentage of [Child|children] born in [NewYorkCity|New York City] last year who are living in [Poverty|poverty]

: 52

Chances that a nonfictional American [Motherhood|mother] with [Child|children] does

: 2 in 3

Chance that a [Feminism|mother] of dependent [Parenting|children] depicted on a prime-time [Television|network TV] show holds a paying [Jobs|job]

: 1 in 3

Number of the 15 [Congress|Congress] members whose net worth exceeds $19 million who are [DemocraticParty|Democrats]

: 9

Percentage of the 125 people included in [1990s|1999’s] Flemings Who’s Who in Central [Banking|Banking] who list no “leisure pursuits‚”

: 90

Briefing books with [AlGore|Al Gore’s] photo over [DanQuayle|Dan Quayle’s] bio printed for the [1990s|1999] Davos, [Switzerland|Switzerland], [Economics|economics] forum

: 3,100

Rank of [BobDole|Bob Dole’s] [1990s|1996] [Internet|e-mail] list of supporters, among the largest [Democracy|campaign] e-[PostalService|mail] lists ever created

: 1

Number of U.S. states in which families living at or below the federal [Poverty|poverty] level are subject to income [Taxes|tax]

: 19

Amount of the $5 billion that [Exxon|Exxon] was ordered to pay in punitive damages in [1990s|1994] that it has paid

: 0

Estimated amount that [Exxon|Exxon] has earned by investing this [Money|money] in the meantime

: $5,000,000,000

Portion of the domestic [Energy|oil-refining] market that Standard [Oil|Oil] controlled prior to being broken up in [1910s|1911]

: 9/10

Portion of the domestic [Business|market] that the proposed merger between [Exxon|Exxon] and Mobil will control

: 1/7

Percentage change since [1990s|1997] in the number of [Business|antitrust] investigations opened by the Federal Trade Commission

: +234

Number of independent-counsel investigations since [1970s|1978] whose prosecutors and targets have not been made public

: 2

Ranking points by which the name [BillClinton|Monica] has dropped in popularity among those given U.S. [Girl|girls] since [1990s|1997]

: 24

[Days|Days] the [BillClinton|President] should spend in [Prison|jail] “simply for hitting on a [Dog|dog] like‚” [PaulaJones|Paula Jones], according to [OJSimpson|O.J. Simpson]

: 30

Number of subscribers to PursuitWatch, an [LosAngeles|L.A.] paging service that alerts customers when a [Crime|high-speed chase] is televised

: 350

Number of subscribers to Eternal Ink, the official newsletter of the [Christianity|Christian Tattoo Association]

: 23

Number of the 25 [Animal|species] seriously affected by the [1980s|1989] [ExxonValdez|Exxon Valdez] [Alaska|Alaskan] [Oil|oil] spill that have fully recovered

: 2

Average duration in [Hours|hours] of the stupor induced in [Japan|Japanese] [Animal|beetles] by the consumption of [Drugs|geraniums]

: 8

Number of [Animal|elephants] enrolled in painting [Education|schools] in [Thailand|Thailand]

: 10

Head of [Cattle|cattle] that Hyundai’s founder brought from [SouthKorea|South Korea] last [Fall|fall] on a visit to [NorthKorea|North Korea’s] [KimJongIl|Kim Jong Il]

: 1,000

Amount [Cambodia|Cambodia] has agreed to pay a U.S. lobbying firm to “recast‚” Hun Sen’s government “in a favorable light‚”

: $550,000

Amount that has been used

: 0

Value of the [USMilitary|U.S. military] equipment earmarked last year to aid [Iraq|Iraqi] [SaddamHussein|anti-Hussein] groups

: $97,000,000

Chance that a day since [December|December] 28 has passed without U.S. or [Britain|British] forces bombing [Iraq|Iraq]

: 1 in 2

Estimated number of [Drugs|drug]-related U.S. extradition requests to [Mexico|Mexico] that are pending

: 40

Estimated number for which [Chile|Chile’s] [August|Augusto] Pinochet is accused of being responsible

: 3,100

Estimated number of [WarCrime|deaths] for which [Kurdistan|Kurd] rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan is accused of being responsible

: 30,000
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