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Number of reports that [GeorgeWBush|President Bush] referred to on [September11|September 7] as evidence of [Iraq|Iraq’s] [Nuclear|nuclear] threat

: 2

Average number of tons of [Food|meat] recalled by U.S. producers each year since [1990s|1994]

: 8,500

Average number of tons of [Excretion|manure] produced by U.S. [Cattle|cattle], [Pig|pig], and [Chickens|chicken] feedlots each minute

: 277

Percentage who say this about [BillClinton|Bill Clinton]

: 44

Percentage of Americans who say they believe “almost nothing”[AlGore|Al Gore] says

: 26

Percentage of [Argentina|Argentineans] who say they have “no” or “little” confidence in their nation’s political parties

: 95

Percentage of [LatinAmerica|Latin Americans] who said in [1990s|1998] that their nation’s privatization of state industries had been beneficial

: 46

Number of [LatinAmerica|Latin American] nations where the percentage of people calling themselves “rightist” has increased

: 13

Number of [LatinAmerica|Latin American] nations where the percentage of people calling themselves “leftist” has increased since [1990s|1996]

: 2

Percentage of their assets that [Zimbabwe|Zimbabwe’s] private [SeniorCitizen|pension] funds are required to invest in government treasury bills

: 45

Percentage of the $3.1 billion owed by securities-law violators between [1990s|1995] and 2001 that the SEC has recouped

: 13.6

Year in which [Disney|Disney’s] [Americana|Mickey Mouse] [IntellectualProperty|copyright] will expire if the [SupremeCourt|Supreme Court] reverses a [1990s|1998] extension this [Winter|winter]

: 2003

Number of federal [IntellectualProperty|trademark] cases dismissed since [July|July] with opinions stating that the plaintiff is “advised to chill”

: 2

Ratio of [Japan|Japanese] [War|killed] in [1940s|1945’s] U.S. atomic-[Terrorism|bomb] attacks to [Iraq|Iraqi] [Child|children] [Death|killed] due to [UnitedNations|U.N.] sanctions

: 1:3

Last year in which the agency [GeorgeWBush|Bush] cited as the reports’ author had new information on [Iraq|Iraq’s] [Nuclear|nuclear] program

: 1998

Number of “indications” the agency had then of “any physical capability” to produce [Weapons|weapons]-grade [Nuclear|nuclear] material

: 0

Chances an American believes the government should restrict professors from criticizing U.S. policy during [War|war]

: 2 in 5

Estimated number of U.S. [Education|high school] graduates who will forgo [College|college] this year solely for financial reasons

: 168,000

Percentage of U.S. [College|college] [Student|students] who believe the “next [BillGates|Bill Gates]” is among today’s generation of college students

: 50

Percentage who say they are the next [BillGates|Bill Gates]

: 24

Number of [College|colleges] that have organizations to elect [Entertainment|John Cusack] as U.S. [GeorgeWBush|president] in 2004

: 172

Percentage by which the new [Democracy|campaign-finance-reform] law will raise the cap on hard-[Money|money] contributions

: +100

Year in which the Washington Post’s executive editor gave up [Democracy|voting], in order “to be as unbiased as possible”

: 1984

Rank of the [UnitedStates|United States] and [Britain|Britain] among nations whose residents are most likely to be [Obesity|obese]

: 1,2

Places by which [Russia|Russia’s] ranking in the [UnitedNations|U.N.’s Human Development] Index of [Regulation|living standards] has fallen since [1990s|1990]

: 31

Years after inventing the [War|Kalashnikov] that its namesake said in [July|July] that he wished he had made a [Plants|lawn] mower instead

: 55

Number of [Australia|Australians] who listed “Jedi” as their [Religion|religious] affiliation on the country’s 2001 census

: 70,509

Maximum milligrams prescribed during the [Afghanistan|Afghan] intervention

: 10

Maximum milligrams of speed prescribed to U.S. pilots by military [Medicine|doctors] during the Persian [GulfWar|Gulf War]

: 5

Ratio of the average age of those executed in [Texas|Texas] under [GeorgeWBush|Bush] to the average U.S. life expectancy

: 1:2

Ratio of the average life span of a commercially bred [TurkeyBird|turkey] to that of a wild one

: 1:7

Ratio of the number of [Justice|pardons] [GeorgeWBush|George W. Bush] has issued [TurkeyBird|turkeys] to those he has issued human beings

: 2:1

Average number of [Hours|hours] that the [Diet|calories] consumed in an American’s [Thanksgiving|Thanksgiving Day] meal could [Energy|power] a 27″ [Television|TV]

: 49

Factor by which estimated [Housing|homeowners’]-[Insurance|insurance] losses owing to mold have increased since [1990s|1999]

: 540

Ratio of acres burned in U.S. forest [Fire|fires] during the [1970s|1970s] to those burned in the last ten years

: 2:3

Ratio of the total number of U.S. forest [Fire|fires] during the [1970s|1970s] to the number during the last ten years

: 3:2

Percentage change since then in the number of [Pig|hogs and pigs] on U.S. [Agriculture|farms]

: +18

Percentage change since [1960s|1965] in the number of [Pig|hog and pig] [Agriculture|farms] in the United States

: ???92
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