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Points by which the national [Television|Nielsen] rating of the [1990s|1999] [Sport|Women’s World Cup] exceeded that of the [Basketball|NBA] Finals

: 2

Portion of all U.S. arms [Business|sales] abroad between [1990s|1993] and 1997 that were brokered by the [Pentagon|Pentagon]

: 1/2

Minimum estimated number of [SierraLeone|Sierra] Leoneans whose limbs, ears, or lips were chopped off last year by rebel forces

: 4,000

Ratio of the price in [SouthAfrica|South Africa] of a month’s worth of U.S. [AIDS|AIDS] drugs to what [India|Indian]-made drugs would cost

: 7:1

Percentage of its [AIDS|AIDS] drugs that a [1990s|1997] agreement requires [SouthAfrica|South] [Africa|Africa] to buy from U.S. companies

: 100

Percentage of the proceeds of an [AIDS|AIDS] fund-raising bike ride across [Texas|Texas] last [Fall|fall] used to cover [Business|“production costs‚”]

: 85

Pages of the [Britain|British] royal [Family|family’s] [Medicine|medical] records found in a folder lying by the side of a [Scotland|Scottish] road last [March|March]

: 70

[Hours|Hours] of [Transportation|helicopter] lessons required for the new “Super Butler‚” degree at [London|London’s] most expensive [Education|butler school]

: 60

Maximum fine to which a [Britain|British] grocer will be subject next year for using anything other than the metric system

: ?5,000

Number of millennia before humans first [Agriculture|farmed] that farmer [Insect|ants] were farming the spongy fungus on which they feed

: 50,000

Number of [Texas|Texas] and [California|California] counties colonized by African “killer‚” [Animal|bees] since [1990s|1994]

: 51

Number of [Death|death] sentences upheld by [Texas|Texas] courts since [1990s|1990] for [Men|men] whose [Justice|lawyers] slept during their trials

: 3

Maximum amount of time that a suspect in [Florida|Florida] can be held in [Prison|jail] without being assigned a [Justice|lawyer], in [Hours|hours]

: 24

Maximum amount of time that a recent [Texas|Texas] bill proposed holding suspects before assigning a [Justice|lawyer], in [Days|days]

: 20

Change since last [Fall|fall] in the number of [Television|network] sitcoms whose main characters are members of the same [Family|family]

: ???25

Number of channels offered when [Television|TV] came to [Fiji|Fiji’s] Nadroga province in [1990s|1995]

: 1

Percentage change since then in the incidence of self-induced vomiting among [Girl|girls] there since [Television|TV] came to the island in [1990s|1995]

: +300

Chance that an American [Crime|murdered] at [Education|school] in the last two years was a [Girl|girl]

: 1 in 4

Estimated rounds of ammunition bought by the [Education|City University] of [NewYorkCity|New York] since [1990s|1995] to train its security force

: 110,000

Number of U.S. [Education|high schools] that have hired a [Massachusetts|Massachusetts] firm to test [Student|students’] [Hair|hair] for [Science|evidence] of [Drugs|drug] use

: 80

Chance that a [Wyoming|Wyoming] inmate under the age of 18 has used [Drugs|crystal meth] more than once

: 1 in 2

Average number of different [PrescriptionDrugs|drug prescriptions] filled each year by an [SeniorCitizen|American] over the age of 74

: 12

Percentage change since [1990s|1995] in the number of [Drugs|heroin] overdoses in greater [Orlando|Orlando], [Florida|Florida]

: +107

Length in [Minutes|minutes] of [NewtGingrich|Newt Gingrich’s] monthly head massage at the Bubbles [Hair|hair] salon in [WashingtonDC|Washington, D.C.]

: 5

Number of CDs of inspirational and patriotic [Music|music] for which [OrrinHatch|Senator Orrin Hatch] has composed the lyrics

: 6

Price of the ticket that North, via cell [Telephone|phone], charmed the trooper out of writing

: $54

Speed at which an [Iowa|Iowa] state trooper clocked a [Driving|car] last [July|July] in which Pat Buchanan was on the [Telephone|phone] with [OliverNorth|Oliver North]

: 66

Percentage of Americans who say [HillaryClinton|Hillary Clinton’s] [Democracy|campaign] will be more [Propaganda|successful] if her [Marriage|husband] doesn’t try to help

: 69

Amount she declared to U.S. Customs

: $500

Amount that [Florida|Florida] governor Jeb [GeorgeWBush|Bush’s] [Marriage|wife] spent on a 5-day [Shopping|shopping] trip to [Paris|Paris] last [June|June]

: $19,000

Amount the [GeorgeWBush|Bush] [Democracy|campaign] spent for one day’s use of a plot of land near the entrance to last month’s [Iowa|Iowa] straw poll

: $43,500

Number of [USPresident|U.S. presidents] besides [BillClinton|Bill Clinton] who have made an official visit to an [NativeAmerican|Indian] reservation since [1930s|1937]

: 0

Percentage of [Caucasian|white] [Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania] [Men|men] denied [Gun|gun] ownership between 1778 and 1789 for refusing a state loyalty oath

: 40

Number of years since an [Democracy|elected] [NewYorkCity|New York City] mayor went on to win higher office

: 131

Factor by which “a cynical view‚” and an “aggressive‚” personality may increase arterial calcium deposits

: 2

Average number of full-time [Doctor|surgeons] [Labor|on call] in [EastTimor|East Timor]

: 1

Amount for which [Cuba|Cuba] has announced it will sue the U.S. over casualties caused by the trade embargo

: $181,100,000,000

Number of years this century in which [Taiwan|Taiwan] has been directly controlled by mainland [China|China]

: 4
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