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Number of [Amtrak|Amtrak’s] 41 routes other than the [Boston|Boston]-[WashingtonDC|Washington, D.C.], Metroliner that turn a profit

: 0

Percentage of [Britain|British] probation officers who were

: 8

Estimated percentage by which [Britain|British] arms [Business|sales] to [Africa|African] countries next year will exceed such sales in [1990s|1999]

: 400

Percentage of U.S. pilots spraying defoliants over [Colombia|Colombia] who are contract workers hired through a private firm

: 100

Number of current [GeorgeWBush|Bush] Administration officials who were involved in the [1980s|1980s] [Iran|Iran]-Contra scandal

: 4

Number who were [Science|found] guilty of [Crime|criminal] acts

: 2

Percentage change since [January|January] in the number of words in [Army|the Army] secretary’s Web bio devoted to his [Enron|Enron] career

: ???85

Percentage of [Enron|Enron’s] 3,100 subsidiaries at the time of its [Business|bankruptcy] that were located in other countries

: 64

Amount the [WorldBank|World Bank] has spent since [1990s|1992] on 212 projects to extract, [Transportation|transport], or burn fossil fuels

: $20,800,000,000

Amount it has spent since then on its 30 projects involving renewable [Energy|energy] or energy efficiency

: $900,000,000

Percentage of [Britain|British] clergy who were [Anger|attacked] on the [Jobs|job] between [1990s|1997] and 1999

: 12

Percentage change in Metroliner ridership since [Amtrak|Amtrak] added a new high-speed [Train|train] to the route two years ago

: ???9

[Hours|Hours] for which [NewOrleans|New Orleans’][AirTravel|s airport] was partly evacuated in [February|February] over a package later [Science|found] to contain gumbo

: 5

[Days|Days] after [September11|September 11] that [NewJersey|New Jersey’s] Iman Abdallah applied to [IntellectualProperty|trademark] the phrase “Let’s roll”

: 11

[Days|Days] later that the foundation named for the [Men|man] who immortalized the phrase applied to [IntellectualProperty|trademark] it

: 4

Number of times Marlboro [Tobacco|cigarettes] appear or are mentioned in the [Cinema|film] In the [Bedroom|Bedroom]

: 5

Number of product-placement deals the [Cinema|film’s] producers made with Marlboro’s [Labor|manufacturer]

: 0

Percentage of writers of U.S. clinical-practice guidelines who have [Business|financial] ties to pharmaceutical companies

: 58

Number of [NewYorkCity|New York City] [Food|restaurants] whose use of the term “[Lust|Viagra]” on the menu has been protested by Pfizer

: 3

Number of [Manhattan|Manhattan’s] 123 [Coffee|Starbucks] outlets that are [Folly|within two blocks] of another one

: 68

[Days|Days] after [Science|scientists] this year cited the [Space|universe’s] average [Color|color] as pale turquoise that it was amended to light beige

: 56

[Minutes|Minutes] from [Nuclear|nuclear] armageddon shown on the Bulletin of the Atomic [Science|Scientists]”doomsday clock” this year

: 7

[Minutes|Minutes] by which this differs from the time published set on the clock in [1940s|1947], despite 17 adjustments since then

: 0

Shipments of [Nuclear|nuclear] waste to be trucked cross-country once [Nevada|Nevada’s] Yucca Mountain dump opens in 2010

: 96,000

Annual number of “accidents or [War|incidents]” that [Nevada|Nevada] estimates these trucks will be involved in through 2048

: 54

Percentage of the [EPA|EPA’s] 1,479 Superfund sites for which no cleanup [Folly|plan] exists

: 56

Number of attendees at a [NewYorkCity|New York City] “drought awareness” workshop for landlords this [Spring|spring]

: 4

Number of U.S. states that [Science|reported] drought conditions in [March|March]

: 32

Number of U.S. states that require certification for the operation of a crematorium

: 4

Number of [Nuclear|nuclear] warheads possessed by all [Arab|Arab] countries combined

: 0

Estimated percentage of matter in the [Space|universe] [Science|determined] this year to be invisible

: 98

Estimated factor by which total worldwide holdings of derivatives exceed world [GDP|GDP]

: 5

Minimum amount a [Switzerland|Swiss] [Banking|bank] [Economics|lost] last [November|November] because of a typing error

: $100,000,000

Estimated number of Americans who must wear Global Positioning System monitors as a condition of parole

: 1,200

Number of imprisoned Americans who have been freed by [Genetics|DNA] [Science|evidence] since [1980s|1989]

: 104

Minimum number of them who had already confessed or otherwise incriminated themselves

: 15

Chance that a [Religion|priest] in [Boston|Boston’s] archdiocese has been accused of [Sex|sexual] abuse

: 1 in 10

Number of [Britain|Britain’s] Anglican clergy to whom their [Labor|union] is offering martial-arts [Education|training] this year

: 1,500
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