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Height, in feet, of a [Literature|scarlet “A‚”] a Sunnyside, [Washington|Wash.], [Women|woman] put in her [Family|family’s] yard last [Fall|fall] to protest her [Fatherhood|father’s] [Sex|adultery]

: 7

Factor by which the size of the [GlobalWarming|ozone] hole over [Antarctica|Antarctica] now exceeds the size of the continental U.S.

: 3

Maximum portion of buttocks that one may [Law|legally bare] next year in [AquaticLife|Manatee] County, [Florida|Florida]

: 2/3

Number of [Education|academic] chairs worldwide devoted to the search for extraterrestrial intelligence

: 1

Amount that the head of [China|Chinese] military intelligence gave [BillClinton|Clinton] fund-raiser Johnny Chung in [1990s|1996]

: $300,000

Ratio of the amount that Chung spent on himself to the amount that he gave to the [DemocraticParty|Democratic] National Committee

: 14:1

Amount that Gary Bauer’s [Democracy|presidential] campaign spent on [Coffee|coffee] in the first quarter of this year

: $6,297.39

Chances that a U.S. [CatholicFaith|Catholic] [Medicine|hospital] does not provide emergency [Contraception|contraception] to [SexualAssault|rape] victims

: 4 in 5

Number of [Men|male] witnesses that [Pakistan|Pakistan] requires for a [Rape|rape] prosecution

: 4

Chances that a [PepsiCola|Pepsi] drinker has been [Sex|sexually unfaithful]

: 3 in 5

Percentage by which the incidence of [Cancer|skin cancer] rises for every 1 percent decrease in the size of the ozone layer

: 2

Chance that a [Men|man’s] method of breaking off a relationship is to “just stop [Telephone|calling]‚”

: 1 in 10

Number to which [Animal|rats] have been trained to count

: 45

Number of [Technology|voice commands] a Jaguar S-Type [Transportation|sedan] understands

: 44

Percentage of the people living in [France|France] during the French [Revolution|Revolution] who spoke French

: 50

Percentage of the people living in [Italy|Italy] who spoke Italian when the country was unified in 1861

: 2.5

Fine levied against a [Singapore|Singapore] political-opposition leader last [Winter|winter] for publicly reading the nation’s constitution

: $1,452

Chances that an American adult can’t identify the source of the phrase “ [FoundingFathers|life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness] ‚”

: 7 in 10

Amount spent last year by Mount Vernon’s directors to give [FoundingFathers|George Washington’s] reputation more “sizzle‚”

: $3,000,000

Percentage of Americans who describe “ [Cookery|barbecue] ‚” as the aroma that best defines America

: 39

Number of years that the [USMilitary|U.S. military] has been using [Entertainment|video games] to train [Business|soldiers] to [Murder|kill]

: 10

Chance that the leader of a [NATO|NATO] member country was once an antiwar or antinuclear [Dissent|activist]

: 1 in 3

Minimum amount that six [MilitaryIndustrialComplex|defense contractors] each paid last [April|April] to “sponsor‚” [NATO|NATO’s] 50th anniversary summit

: $250,000

Number of [NATO|NATO] [WMD|bombs] that have fallen on [Bulgaria|Bulgaria] since the [War|war] in [Kosovo|Kosovo] began

: 2

[Hours|Hours] after [NATO|NATO] bombed the [China|Chinese] embassy in [Serbia|Belgrade] last [May|May] that the U.S. apologized to China

: 23

Number of [Days|days] before [China|China’s] state-run [Media|media] printed the U.S. apology

: 2

Ratio of people [Death|killed] this year in the [Kosovo|Kosovo] [War|war] to those killed in the [Ethiopia|Ethiopian]-[Eritrea|Eritrean] war

: 1:10

Number of ongoing civil and border wars in [Africa|Africa]

: 13

Cost of the 105 bomb-proof boundary posts placed on the [Iraq|Iraq]-[Kuwait|Kuwait] border after the [GulfWar|Gulf War]

: $7,000,000

Ratio of “major‚” [Army|U.S. Army] deployments abroad between [1940s|1946] and [1980s|1989] to those since [1990s|1990]

: 1:3

Chance that a [NATO|NATO] member country faces its own ongoing secessionist movement

: 1 in 3

Average number of [Murder|murders] a U.S. [Child|child] sees on [Television|television] by the end of [Education|elementary school]

: 8,000

Percentage change since [1990s|1990] in the number of [Television|network] [Media|evening news] stories on [Murder|homicide]

: +474

Bags of potpourri that the Littleton, [Colorado|Colorado], [Fire|fire] department made from [Flowers|flowers] placed at [Murder|Columbine High School]

: 3,000

Amount that an average U.S. consumer spends on [Fashion|clothes] each year

: $1,508

Amount that an average inner-city [Race|African American] spends

: $2,440

Fee that Nike offered Ralph Nader to [Propaganda|say] “another shameless attempt by Nike to [Business|sell] [Fashion|shoes]‚” in a [Television|TV] ad

: $25,000

Chance that a pair of [Women|women’s] [Fashion|shoes] [Business|sold] in the U.S. is sold by Nine West

: 1 in 5

Chances that a [Sunscreen|sunscreen] labeled SPF 30 delivers an SPF below 30

: 4 in 5
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