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Average annual U.S. spending on [Nuclear|nuclear]-arms programs during the [War|Cold War]

: $3,700,000,000

Average annual amount the U.S. will spend on [Nuclear|nuclear-arms] programs through the year 2008

: $4,500,000,000

Chance that a [Policing|police] officer [Death|killed] in the line of duty in the last ten years was [Crime|shot] with his own [Gun|gun]

: 1 in 6

Chance that a U.S. public high [Education|school] has at least one [Policing|police] officer stationed there full-time

: 1 in 5

Average number of [PublicSchools|public school] [Student|students] expelled each school day last year for [Gun|gun] possession

: 34

[Days|Days] a [Colorado|Denver] [Education|school] principal was put on leave last [May|May] for allowing [Student|students] a sip of [Wine|wine] on a trip to [Paris|Paris]

: 13

Percentage of U.S. [Education|universities] that use [Student|student] evaluations as a factor in granting tenure

: 88

Percentage of full-time U.S. [Education|undergraduates] who are over the age of 22

: 36

Estimated number of American [SeniorCitizen|senior citizens] who played [Football|tackle football] last year

: 47,000

Chance that a caller to the government’s [Cancer|cancer]-information line gets a busy signal or is put on hold until they hang up

: 1 in 3

Minimum amount federal, state, and local governments spent combatting [Drugs|marijuana], according to [Marijuana|NORML]

: $7,500,000,000

Estimated amount Americans spent on [Drugs|marijuana] last year, according to the [FederalGovernment|federal government]

: $7,000,000,000

Percentage of Americans who are in favor of [Crime|outlawing] [Vice|cigarettes]

: 23

Ratio of political contributions made last year by the [Banking|consumer-credit] industry to those made by [Tobacco|tobacco] companies

: 4:3

Percentage change since then in [Microsoft|Microsoft] contributions to the [RepublicanParty|Republican Party] alone

: +1,863

Percentage change since [1990s|1991] in total [Microsoft|Microsoft] contributions to the [DemocraticParty|Democratic] and [RepublicanParty|Republican] parties

: +460

Portion of the [Pentagon|Defense Department’s] “critical‚” [Technology|computer systems] that are not vulnerable to [Y2K|the year 2000] bug

: 1/3

Chance that a [Cancer|cancer] [SeniorCitizen|patient] in a nursing home over the age of 85 does not receive adequate [Suffering|pain] medication

: 1 in 3

Number of months since [January|January] that have not broken a record for average [GlobalWarming|global heat]

: 0

Percentage change since [1990s|1996] in the income of [NorthDakota|North Dakota] [Agriculture|farmers]

: ???98

Ratio of the average price of a gallon of [Gasoline|gas] last year to the average price of a gallon of [Milk|milk]

: 1:2

Ratio of the price of an ounce of the [AIDS|AIDS] drug Crixivan to the price of an ounce of [Gold|gold]

: 1:1

Chance that an American would characterize the [BillClinton|President’s] alleged [Sex|affair] with [MonicaLewinsky|Monica Lewinsky] as “harassment‚”

: 1 in 10

Minimum estimated total [Democracy|public] spending on investigations by independent counsels since [1970s|1978]

: $144,000,000

Number of years an independent counsel has been investigating [RonaldReagan|Ronald Reagan’s] Department of [Housing|Housing]

: 8

Number of air-[Transportation|traffic] controllers ordered to take a two-hour “refresher‚” course last [Spring|spring]

: 10,000

Number of times last [June|June] that [Transportation|air-traffic] controllers lost track of the altitude or speed of [AirForce|Air Force] I or II

: 4

Year by which [DanQuayle|Dan Quayle] says he’s convinced that [RepublicanParty|Republicans] “will select a nominee that will beat [BillClinton|Bill Clinton] ‚”

: 2000

Percentage of U.S. [NationalPark|National Park] Service land that is in [Alaska|Alaska]

: 65

Ratio of miles of [GlobalWarming|logging] and other roads in U.S. national forests to the total length of the interstate [Transportation|highway] system

: 8:1

Number of beds in [Japan|Japan’s] Ichihara [Justice|Prison] for dangerous [Driving|drivers]

: 420

Estimated number of the territories’ home-schooling programs for [Girl|girls] shut down last [June|June]

: 100

Percentage of all [Girl|girls’] [Education|school] facilities in [Afghanistan|Afghanistan’s] [Taliban|Taliban] territories shut down since [1990s|1996]

: 100

Percentage of [Jerusalem|Jerusalem’s] [Judaism|Jewish] kindergarteners who are

: 52

Percentage of [Jerusalem|Jerusalem’s] [Judaism|Jewish] population that is ultra-Orthodox

: 30

Number of people in [SaltLakeCity|Salt Lake City] converted to [BaptistFaith|Southern Baptism] during a one-week evangelism drive last [June|June]

: 1,717

Price of a [Religion|gold-plated crucifix pendant] with a built-in alarm, from [Britain|Britain’s] Avon Silversmiths

: $414

Percentage change since [1990s|1995] in U.S. [Business|sales] of merchandise featuring [Entertainment|The Three Stooges]

: +300
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