Chance that a U.S. [Media|newspaper] publisher voted for [BobDole|Bob Dole] in [1990s|1996]
: 1 in 2Percentage change since [1990s|1995] in [Mexico|Mexico’s] spending on its [Banking|bank] bailout
: +705Total bad [Finance|debt] held by American S&Ls in [1980s|1988], expressed as a percentage of U.S. [GDP|GDP] that year
: 3.2Total bad [Finance|debt] [Japan|Japan] estimates is held by its [Banking|banks], expressed as a percentage of its [GDP|GDP]
: 17.5Pounds of [Gold|gold] [Jewelry|jewelry] and dental fillings amassed during wartime by a single [WWII|SS officer]
: 1,640Number of [Slavery|slave] laborers that [Germany|Volkswagen] admits to having used in one of its factories during [WWII|World War II]
: 17,000Estimated average hourly earnings of each of the cruise ship’s [Indonesia|Indonesian] crew members
: $2.47Average price of one of the 200 cabins reserved for a Caribbean cruise next [December|December] by The Nation [Magazine|magazine]
: $2,800Number of [Fishing|fishing rods] and tackle boxes that can be checked out of [Georgia|Georgia] ‘s Tybee Island public library
: 25Price of a [Fashion|trench coat] with a [Technology|cell-phone-emission-proof pocket], from Barneys [NewYorkCity|New York]
: $595Price of a set of [Death|How to Build Your Own Casket] instructions, from Homemade Caskets of [California|California]
: $19.50Number of “ [Violence|Assault Recovery] ‚” [Insurance|insurance] policies [Business|sold] to [Education|school] [Jobs|employees] in the last year
: 207Estimated amount U.S. [CatholicFaith|Roman Catholic] dioceses have paid to victims of [Rape|sexual assault] since [1980s|1980]
: $800,000,000Estimated number of [CatholicFaith|Catholic priests] accused of [Rape|sexual assault] in the U.S. since [1970s|1978]
: 3,000Estimated number of U.S. [Education|high school] [Student|students] enrolled in first-year Latin classes last year
: 88,600Number of years that [BillClinton|President Clinton’s] private [Lawyer|lawyer] David Kendall has vetted articles for the National Enquirer
: 15Rank of “enemies‚” and the President, among people usually prayed for by Americans who say they pray
: 4,5Ratio of non-Americans to Americans [War|killed] in U.S.-embassy bombings since [1980s|1983]
: 10:1Ratio of civilian [UnitedNations|U.N.] workers [War|killed] in the line of duty this year to [Business|soldiers] [Death|killed] in U.N. peacekeeping operations
: 5:2Number of [Firearms|assault weapons] the [Pentagon|Defense Department] gave away to foreign governments last year
: 50,000Number of grenade launchers
: 10,000Years behind schedule the system’s research-and-development program is running
: 3.5[Hours|Hours] it took two [Men|men] last [July|July] to win a contest to decode the [FederalGovernment|federal government’s] [Technology|data-scrambling system]
: 56Amount [Microsoft|Microsoft] offers any [Computer|computer]-[Science|science] [Education|professor] who mentions its programs in an academic presentation
: $200Chance that a president of one of the nation’s 50 top-ranked [Education|universities] serves on at least one corporate board
: 1 in 2Number in [1960s|1962]
: 700,000Number of consecutive intercept tests failed by [Army|the Army’s] $15 billion high-altitude anti-[Missile|missile] system
: 5Number of Taco Bell franchises that are owned by the [Education|U.S.] schools in which they operate
: 250Minimum amount of [Cookery|salsa] that USDA regulations allow a public [Education|school] to offer as a serving of [Vegetable|vegetables], in tablespoons
: 2Rank of meeting the [Entertainment|Spice Girls] among the “greatest moments of my life‚” according to [RoyalFamily|Prince Charles]
: 1Average points by which it falls when they lose
: 20Average percentage points by which a [Men|male] [Sport|sports] fan’s testosterone level rises when his team wins
: 20Percentage by which HMO Kaiser Permanente estimates that covering [Lust|Viagra] would drive up its [Medicine|pharmacy] costs
: 10Chance that a [California|California] nursing home has been cited for violations “causing [Death|death] or life-threatening harm‚” to [SeniorCitizen|patients]
: 1 in 3Amount recovered as a result
: $55,900Number of calls made last year to the [SocialSecurity|Social Security] Administration’s fraud hotline
: 75,000Estimated U.S. [Taxes|taxes] that multinational [Business|corporations] [Law|legally] avoided this year by using foreign accounts
: $10,100,000,000Rank of [GeneralMotors|General Motors], among the largest private [Jobs|employers] in [Mexico|Mexico]
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