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Chance an American believes that [War|peace] in [MiddleEast|the Middle East] will require a military [Democracy|victory]

: 1 in 2

Chance an American believes it is very likely that the [Israel|Israeli]-[Palestine|Palestinian] conflict will lead to World [War|War] III

: 1 in 5

Rank of “[Religion|no religion]” among responses given in [1990s|1990] by Americans asked to identify their religious grouping

: 5

Number of [Florida|Florida] State University [Student|students] [Justice|arrested] in [March|March] for protesting while not in a designated “[AnimalRights|free]-[Propaganda|speech] area”

: 12

Average number of times former [Lawyer|attorney] general [JanetReno|Janet Reno] did this in as many months

: 7

Number of times [Lawyer|Attorney] General [JohnAshcroft|John Ashcroft] has overruled a local prosecutor’s decision not to seek the [DeathPenalty|death penalty]

: 12

Amount that [BillClinton|Bill Clinton’s] first 320 appointees spent on [Democracy|campaign] contributions in the election cycle prior to [HillaryClinton|Clinton’s] election

: $1,040,000

Amount that [GeorgeWBush|Bush’s] first 320 appointees spent on [Democracy|campaign] contributions in the previous election cycle

: $1,590,000

Percentage of their respective nations’ [Democracy|popular vote] won in 2000 by [GeorgeWBush|George W. Bush] and [Venezuela|Venezuela’s] [HugoChavez|Hugo Ch?vez]

: 48, 60

Length in pages of the U.S.-[Russia|Russia] [Nuclear|nuclear]-arms-reduction treaty drafted in [May|May]

: 3

Ratio of [Japan|Japanese] to U.S. companies among the top ten recipients of U.S. [Science|patents] last year

: 7:2

Number of subscribers to [Japan|Japanese] prime minister Junichiro Koizumi’s email [Magazine|magazine] Lionheart

: 2,200,000

Number of years that a member of the Council on Foreign Relations has authored Parade [Magazine|magazine’s] celebrity-gossip column

: 11

Number of [Hours|hours] [Israel|Israeli] soldiers in Ramallah broadcast [Pornography|pornography] on seven [Palestine|Palestinian] [Television|television] stations in [March|March]

: 48

Number of references to [Palestine|Palestinian] retaliation

: 14

Number of references to [Israel|Israeli] “retaliation” on U.S. network nightly newscasts between [September|September] 2000 and [March|March] 2002

: 118

[Israel|Israeli] military budget today expressed in these terms

: 187

Military budget of [Israel|Israel] in [1960s|1967] expressed as a percentage of the budgets of [Egypt|Egypt], [Iraq|Iraq], [Jordan|Jordan], and [Syria|Syria] combined

: 58

Length in pages of the U.S.-[Russia|Soviet] [Nuclear|nuclear]-arms-reduction treaty signed by [GeorgeHWBush|George H.W. Bush] in [1990s|1991]

: 630

Percentage change in the number of prescription-drug products recalled by the [FDA|FDA] since [1990s|1998]

: +40

[Days|Days] after receiving it last year that a [California|California] dump lost its landmark status because it is a [Pollution|Superfund] site

: 20

Amount spent since [1980s|1989] to clean up the site

: $23,000,000

Percentage change in the number of U.S. beach closings between [1990s|1999] and 2000

: +83

[Minutes|Minutes] after a [Disaster|tornado] hit Shiloh, [Illinois|Illinois], in [April|April] that the town’s warning siren sounded

: 30

Months after enacting it that [California|California’s] [Energy|energy] commission last [Spring|spring] renewed its ban on using duct tape on ducts

: 16

Chances an American [Folly|believes] the government should regulate [Comedy|comedy] routines that make light of [Terrorism|terrorist] [SuicideBombing|attacks]

: 2 in 5

Number of requests [Nevada|Nevada] has received since [January|January] for a new license-plate design featuring a mushroom cloud

: 322

Amount [Congress|Congress] allocated Blue Springs, [Missouri|Missouri], this spring to help the town combat “gothic culture”

: $237,437

Miles from Blue Springs to the nearest Gothic cathedral

: 4,280

Chance that a prescription drug approved by the [FDA|FDA] will be recalled or require relabeling within 25 years of its release

: 1 in 5

Percentage who say they would do so for the maker of a pill that could make part of their body smaller

: 6

Percentage of Americans who would sign away their [Freedom|right] to sue the maker of a pill that could make part of their body bigger

: 3

Ratio of Avon ladies to [Business|soldiers] in [Brazil|Brazil]

: 5:2

Percentage of [Britain|Britons] who feel “vulnerable” in forests

: 31

Percentage of [Men|male] [Fish|fish] in two [Britain|English] rivers that [Science|scientists] say have been “effectively [Feminism|feminised]” by estrogen in the water

: 100

Number of years after its founding that the shipping [Media|newspaper] Lloyd’s List last [April|April] stopped referring to ships as “she”

: 268

Number of [Fishing|fishing] boats bought and sunk by the U.S. government since [1990s|1995] in efforts to [Regulation|protect] [Fish|overfished] [LivingOrganism|species]

: 88

Daily fine introduced last month for the [Nature|outdoor] use of upholstered furniture in Normal, [Illinois|Illinois]

: $100
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