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Average number of people [Murder|killed] per week by a [PopulationControl|sniper] operating in [Suburbs|suburban] [Maryland|Maryland] and [Virginia|Virginia] this [Fall|fall]

: 3

Minimum percentage change since last year in [Afghanistan|Afghanistan’s] [Drugs|opium] production

: +1,000

Pounds of [Nuclear|weapons-grade] [Uranium|uranium] reported to have been seized in [September|September] from a [Taxes|taxi] in [Turkey|Turkey]

: 33

Ounces of black sand that the container-labeled “primarily youranuom”-actually contained

: 0.2

Factor by which the cruising speed of [Space|NASA’s] new hypersonic cruise-[Missile|missile] engine exceeds that of previous missiles

: 9.5

Percentage by which the speed of light has decreased in the last 20 billion years, according to [Australia|Australian] [Science|scientists]

: 0.0007

Average number of miles by which the magnetic [NorthPole|North Pole] moves each year

: 25

Year in which the ozone hole over [Antarctica|Antarctica] is expected to close as a result of reduced chlorofluorocarbon use

: 2050

Percentage change since [1980s|1980] in the per-watt cost of solar [Energy|energy] in the United States

: ???87

[Days|Days] it takes an adult in [California|Los Angeles] to breathe in more air [Pollution|pollution] than [EPA|EPA] guidelines recommend for a lifetime

: 25

Ratio of the annual tariffs that [Science|developed] nations impose on one another to those they impose on [DevelopingNations|developing nations]

: 1:4

Average number of [Murder|homicides] per week during the same period in [WashingtonDC|Washington, D.C.]

: 7

Percentage of Americans [Polling|surveyed] who say they refused to participate in a survey during the past year

: 44

Percentage of those contacted for this [Polling|survey] who refused to participate in it

: 60

Fee that Sprint PCS charges its “credit-challenged” customers each time they speak with a live representative

: $3

Chances of getting a hotel room in [Israel|Bethlehem] on [Christmas|Christmas] in 2000 and 2001, respectively

: 0, 9 in 10

Chance that a [Israel|Bethlehem] hotel expects to be open this [Christmas|Christmas]

: 1 in 5

Rank of a burning [Holiday|Yule]-log video loop among the top-rated 8-10 a.m. [Television|TV] shows in [NewYorkCity|New York City] last [Christmas|Christmas]

: 1

Price of a [Child|child’s] personal [Banking|ATM] from FAO Schwarz last year

: $20,000

Chances that a [Child|child] fed [Sweets|”booger”-flavored jelly beans] at a trade show this [Fall|fall] said they tasted like the real thing

: 4 in 5

Number of estimates cited in each rally’s coverage in the London Times and the [NewYorkTimes|New York Times], respectively

: 2, 0

Number of times [GeorgeWBush|George W. Bush] has said [OsamaBinLaden|Osama bin Laden’s] name in [Democracy|public] since [July|July] 8

: 0

[Hours|Hours] after Defense Secretary [DonaldRumsfeld|Donald Rumsfeld] learned Bin Laden was a suspect that he sought reasons to “hit”[Iraq|Iraq]

: 2.5

Percentage by which the [Pentagon|Pentagon’s] [September|September] order for [Sunscreen|sunblock] exceeded its last largest such order

: 70

Rank of [Israel|Israel] and [Turkey|Turkey] among nations in violation of the largest number of [UnitedNations|U.N.] Security Council resolutions

: 1,2

Number of [Kurdistan|Kurdish] members of [Turkey|Turkey’s] parliament [Prison|jailed] in [1990s|1994] when their party was declared illegal there

: 7

Number of [Turkey|Turkish] [College|college] [Student|students] [Freedom|detained] in the last year for requesting [Kurdistan|Kurdish]-language [Education|classes]

: 1,146

Organizers’ estimated attendance at this [Fall|fall’s] largest [War|peace] rallies in [London|London] and [NewYorkCity|New York], respectively

: 400,000, 25,000

Estimated attendance according to [Policing|police] in each city

: 150,000, 12,000

Number of names on the [StateDepartment|State Department’s] list of “suspected [Terrorism|terrorists]”

: 70,000

[Minutes|Minutes] that service on two [NewYorkCity|New York] [Transportation|subway] lines was halted this [Fall|fall] after a Sikh worker was seen emerging from a hatch

: 92

Amount [Colombia|Colombia] paid civilians for informing on rebels in its first five weeks of recruiting this year

: $340,000

Percentage of the 223 trade [Labor|unionists] reported [Murder|murdered] or missing worldwide last year who worked in [Colombia|Colombia]

: 88

Number of “sub-harm”[Suicide|suicide]”gestures” made this year by detainees held at the [USMilitary|U.S. military] base at Guantanamo Bay

: 30

Minimum number of times the [UnitedStates|United States] has deployed troops abroad in its 226-year history

: 277

Number of [Days|days] that the [CIA|CIA’s] museum is open to the public each year

: 0

Number of countries that use the U.S. dollar as [Currency|currency]

: 10

Number of other countries whose [Currency|currency] is effectively pegged to the dollar

: 34
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