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Number of countries whose “unsustainable‚” [Finance|debt] the [WorldBank|World Bank] identified as “in need‚” of relief in [1990s|1996]

: 40

Chance that a member attended [Congress|Congress’s] opening daily prayer on any of the three [Days|days] preceding the [Democracy|vote]

: 1 in 29

Fee that an anonymous [Family|family] has paid [Texas|Texas] A&M University to [Science|clone] their [Pets|pet] [Dog|collie] mix, Missy

: $2,300,000

Number of U.S. [Business|corporations] that have signed up as Adopt-a-Minefield sponsors since the program began last [December|December]

: 5

Number of years it took before [Disney|Disney] ‘s planned community of Celebration, [Florida|Florida], experienced its first violent [Crime|crime]

: 2

Chance that a [Homosexuality|gay] [Massachusetts|Massachusetts] [Teenager|teenager] reports being threatened or injured at [Education|school] in the last year

: 1 in 4

Chances that a [Prostitute|prostitute] exhibits the symptoms of [PTSD|post-traumatic stress disorder]

: 2 in 3

Number of individual charges contained in the 8 [Ethics|ethics] complaints brought against [NewtGingrich|Newt Gingrich] since [1990s|1994]

: 84

Number of hands [NewtGingrich|Gingrich] shook last [August|August] 22 in an attempt to set a world’s record for “political handshaking‚”

: 3,609

Chance that a House member [Democracy|voted] last [June|June] in favor of a [Constitution|constitutional amendment] allowing [Education|school] prayer

: 1 in 2

Number of [Vanity|liposuction machines] that [Iraq|Iraq] sought U.N. permission to import last [June|June]

: 4

Estimated number of miles by which the earth’s ionosphere has dropped since [1950s|1958]

: 5

Percentage change since last year in the size of the [GlobalWarming|ozone] hole over [Antarctica|Antarctica]

: +37

Square miles by which the size of the [GlobalWarming|ozone hole] exceeds the size of [NorthAmerica|North America]

: 1,129,000

Amount the U.S. [Energy|Energy Department] plans to spend by 2000 to keep [Russia|Russian] [Nuclear|nuclear] [Science|scientists] [Jobs|employed]

: $40,000,000

Percentage of [Russia|Russians] who say they have confidence that [BorisYeltsin|Boris Yeltsin] can run the country

: 2

Number of [Days|days] this year during which [Norway|Norway’s] Prime Minister Kjell Bondevik was “too [Depression|depressed]‚” to work

: 24

Percentage of [Days|days] that [BillClinton|Bill Clinton] has spent in the [Caucasian|White] House this year

: 44

Rank of “office too hot‚” among [Wealth|white-collar] [Jobs|employees’] most common workplace complaints

: 2

Maximum income that an Aspen, [Colorado|Colorado], resident may earn in order to be eligible for subsidized [Housing|housing]

: $104,000

Number of these that have received [Finance|debt] relief since then

: 2

Ratio of [UnitedNations|U.N.] back dues owed by the U.S. to total back dues owed by all other member countries combined

: 2:1

Funding that [Congress|Congress] allocated in this year’s budget for military programs not requested by the [Pentagon|Pentagon]

: $1,229,000,000

Years in [Prison|prison] to which a former [CIA|CIA] agent was [Justice|sentenced] last [Fall|fall] for attempting to extort $1 million from the agency

: 5

Years after his scheduled release that he will begin receiving his [CIA|CIA] [SeniorCitizen|pension]

: 6

Total number of Americans [Justice|serving time] in [Prison|prison] for lying to a grand jury

: 115

Estimated average amount Americans lose to [Finance|securities fraud], per hour

: $1,000,000

Chance that an American adult does not have a [Banking|checking account]

: 1 in 5

Rank of the U.S. among the 17 leading [IndustrializedNation|industrial nations] with the largest percentage of their populations in [Poverty|poverty]

: 1

Maximum amount that the [Canada|Canadian] government has agreed to spend on a [Business|soldier’s] [Sex|sex]-change operation

: $40,000

Donation received last [July|July] by a [California|Los Angeles] [Poverty|soup kitchen] in order to provide [Shopping|shopping] carts for the [Homelessness|homeless]

: $10,000

Price that [NewYorkCity|New York City’s] Lower East Side Tenement Museum charges for an evening in a turn-of-the-century [Cookery|kitchen]

: $750

Year in which [Christmas|Christmas] celebrations, [Fruit|plum pudding], and [Sweets|mince pie] were outlawed in [Britain|England]

: 1647

Weeks required to complete the [Santa|Santa] course offered by [Britain|Britain’s] Weston College

: 8

Estimated number of [Japan|Japanese] who have taken a “ [Music|gospel and rhythm] ‚” class this year at [Harlem|Harlem’s] Memorial [BaptistFaith|Baptist] [Religion|Church]

: 300

Number of [Harvard|Harvard] [Education|fellowships] [Charity|endowed] by members of [OsamaBinLaden|Osama bin Laden’s] [Family|family] since [1990s|1992]

: 2

Chances that a U.S. [Cinema|film] with [Men|male] [Arab|Arab] or [Islam|Muslim] characters [Propaganda|depicts] them as [Greed|greedy], violent, or dishonest

: 19 in 20

Number of [Days|days] an [Afghanistan|Afghani] [Men|man] may be held in [Prison|prison] for [Vanity|trimming his beard]

: 10
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