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[ May 2005 ]

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Average amount spent during the second term of the [BillClinton|Clinton] Administration

: $32,000,000
May 2005 • Source: Committee on Government Reform, U.S. House of Representatives

Amount the [HomelandSecurity|Department of Homeland Security] will spend this year directing research at [College|U.S. universities]

: $45,000,000
May 2005 • Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Percentage of U.S. high-school [Student|students] [Ignorance|who believe] news stories should require “government approval‚” before publication

: 36
May 2005 • Source: John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (Miami)

Percentage of owners of private [Business|businesses] in [China|China] who are members of the Communist Party

: 34
May 2005 • Source: Xinhua News Agency, 2/10/05

Percentage of all adults in [China|China] who are

: 5
May 2005 • Source: Embassy of the People's Republic of China (Washington)

Average number of [EastGermany|East Germans] who died each year trying to cross to [WestGermany|West Germany]

: 18
May 2005 • Source: Mauermuseum Haus am Checkpoint Charlie (Berlin)

Average amount the [GeorgeWBush|Bush] Administration has spent per year on [Corruption|contracts] with P.R. firms

: $62,500,000
May 2005 • Source: Committee on Government Reform, U.S. House of Representatives

Minimum number of miles that a private [AirTravel|jet] has been flown to take U.S. terror suspects to “rendition‚” abroad

: 302,000
May 2005 • Source: Kalla Fakta, TV4 (Stockholm)

Number of nights each week that a [Boise|Boise] strip club now distributes sketch pads and pencils

: 2
May 2005 • Source: Erotic City (Boise, Ida.)

[AirTravel|Round-trips] from [WashingtonDC|D.C.] to [Iran|Tehran] that this many frequent-flyer miles on [AmericanAirlines|American Airlines] will buy

: 4
May 2005 • Source: American Airlines, Inc. (Fort Worth, Tex.)

Average self-esteem of a U.S. [Teenager|teenager], as measured by sociologists on a scale of 0 to 10

: 7.6
May 2005 • Source: Steve Carlton-Ford, University of Cincinnati

Average self-esteem of a [Baghdad|Baghdad] [Teenager|teenager]

: 7.9
May 2005 • Source: Steve Carlton-Ford, University of Cincinnati

Number of “certified [Comedy|laughter] leaders‚” [Jobs|employed] by the [Army|U.S. Army] to help families of reservists

: 20
May 2005 • Source: Col. James L. Scott, U.S. Department of Defense (Alexandria, Va.)

Minimum number of [Comedy|laughter] clubs in [India|India]

: 381
May 2005 • Source: Harper's research

Number of [NewYorkCity|New York] stand-up comedians who formed a [Labor|union] in [December|December]

: 300
May 2005 • Source: New York Comedians Coalition (N.Y.C.)

Percentage of [Jobs|employers] that require at least one of these meetings to be one-on-one

: 78
May 2005 • Source: Kate Bronfenbrenner, Cornell University (Ithaca, N.Y.)

Percentage in [1950s|1950] of U.S. [Men|men] [SeniorCitizen|over 65] who were in the [Labor|workforce]

: 46
May 2005 • Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Percentage last year

: 19
May 2005 • Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Minimum age at which [Massachusetts|Massachusetts] allows [Boy|boys] to marry, with [Parenting|parental] permission

: 14
May 2005 • Source: Massachusetts Department of Public Health (Boston)

Minimum age for [Girl|girls]

: 12
May 2005 • Source: Massachusetts Department of Public Health (Boston)

Percentage of [Philippines|Filipino] couples who “do not know how [Sex|pregnancy] happens,‚” according to the country’s health minister

: 30
May 2005 • Source: Agence France-Presse, 3/1/05

Gallons of human [Breast|breast] [Milk|milk] dispensed last year by milk [Banking|banks] in [NorthAmerica|North America]

: 4,438
May 2005 • Source: Mother's Milk Bank (Denver)

Year that [Boise|Boise], [Idaho|Idaho], banned full nudity in public unless it had “serious artistic merit‚”

: 2001
May 2005 • Source: Office of the City Clerk (Boise, Ida.)

Number of [Women|female] [Army|U.S. soldiers] disciplined this year for mud-[Wrestling|wrestling] at an [Iraq|Iraqi] [Prison|prison] camp

: 2
May 2005 • Source: Detainee Operations, Multi-National Forces--Iraq (Baghdad)

Number of U.S. [Media|newspapers] with a full-time reporter in [Afghanistan|Afghanistan]

: 2
May 2005 • Source: Harper's research

Number of full-time reporters for [Baseball|ESPN] who are covering only [Corruption|Barry Bonds]

: 1
May 2005 • Source: ESPN, Inc. (Bristol, Conn.)

Percentage by which this exceeds the seating capacity of [Baseball|Wrigley Field]

: 14
May 2005 • Source: Chicago Cubs (Chicago)

Minimum number of [Cow|cows] whose skins are used each year for Major League [Baseball|baseballs]

: 45,000
May 2005 • Source: PETA (Norfolk, Va.)/Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, Inc. (Fenton, Mo.)

Average price of a Grāpple, a [Washington|Washington State] [Fruit|apple] made with [Science|artificial] grape flavoring

: $1.25
May 2005 • Source: Gr????pple Fruits LLC (Wenatchee, Wash.)

Percentage change since [1920s|1920] in the number of [Caucasian|white] and [AfricanAmerican|black] U.S. [Agriculture|farmers], respectively

: ???62, ???97
May 2005 • Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture

Chance that a U.S. adult thinks a “conservative‚” is someone who supports affirmative action

: 1 in 4
May 2005 • Source: The Harris Poll (Rochester, N.Y.)

Minimum number of U.S. adults who think [GeorgeWBush|Bush] is “liberal‚” or “very liberal‚”

: 11,800,000
May 2005 • Source: The Economist/YouGov poll (London)

Percentage of [RepublicanParty|Republicans] who say they would vote for [GeorgeWBush|Bush] over [GeorgeWashington|George Washington]

: 62
May 2005 • Source: Schulman, Ronca & Bucuvalas, Inc. (N.Y.C.)

Percentage who say he is a “divider‚”

: 49
May 2005 • Source: Gallup Poll (Princeton, N.J.)

Percentage of Americans who say [GeorgeWBush|Bush] is a “uniter‚”

: 49
May 2005 • Source: Gallup Poll (Princeton, N.J.)

Ratio in America of [Housing|mobile homes] to homes in gated communities

: 1:1
May 2005 • Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Number of the top-ten states for [Bankruptcy|bankruptcy] filings per capita that voted for [GeorgeWBush|President Bush]

: 10
May 2005 • Source: American Bankruptcy Institute (Alexandria, Va.)/Harper's research

Minimum number of [Midwest|Midwestern] towns offering free land to new residents

: 18
May 2005 • Source: _Harper's _research

Average number of [Mexico|Mexicans] who have died each year since 2000 trying to cross to the United States

: 407
May 2005 • Source: Embassy of Mexico (Washington)
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