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[ November 2007 ]

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Percentage change in the number of [Iraq|Iraqis] aged nine to seventeen detained

: +540
November 2007 • Source: Task Force 134, Multi-National Force--Iraq (Baghdad)

Number of sixty [Iraq|Iraqi] detainees [Polling|surveyed] who said they had attacked U.S. forces for political reasons

: 12
November 2007 • Source: Task Force 134, Multi-National Force--Iraq (Baghdad)

Percentage change since the start of the [Iraq|Iraq] war “surge‚” in the number of Iraqis detained in U.S.-run [Prison|prisons]

: +50
November 2007 • Source: Task Force 134, Multi-National Force--Iraq (Baghdad)

Estimated number introduced during the previous ten years

: 1,300
November 2007 • Source: National Conference of State Legislatures (Washington)

Factor by which the average weight gain of the graduate [Student|students] exceeded that of the undergraduates

: 2
November 2007 • Source: David Fields, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (Oklahoma City)

Feet on each side of the U.S.-[Canada|Canadian] border that by law are supposed to be kept clear of brush

: 10
November 2007 • Source: International Boundary Commission (Washington)

Percentage of the border that has not been maintained since 2000

: 44
November 2007 • Source: International Boundary Commission (Washington)

Percentage change in U.S. residential-construction [Jobs|employment] since [March|March] 2006, if illegal [Immigration|immigrants] are counted

: ???15
November 2007 • Source: Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (N.Y.C.)

Percentage change if illegal [Immigration|immigrants] are excluded

: ???4
November 2007 • Source: Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (N.Y.C.)

Average percentage decrease in a home’s value for each foreclosure that takes place within a one-eighth-mile radius

: 1
November 2007 • Source: Dan Immergluck, Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta)

Number of [Manhattan|Manhattan] residents who received federal [Agriculture|farm] subsidies between 2003 and 2005

: 573
November 2007 • Source: Environmental Working Group (Washington)

Portion of [Israel|Israel]’s 265 kibbutzim that are now at least partially privatized operations

: 7/10
November 2007 • Source: Yad Tabenkin (Ramat Efal, Israel)

Number of customers who have flown the [Vatican|Vatican]’s new “pilgrim [AirTravel|airline]‚” to holy sites in [Europe|Europe]

: 890
November 2007 • Source: Mistral Air (Rome)

Size, in ounces, of the bottle of holy water provided to each customer on its inaugural [AirTravel|flight] in [August|August]

: 3.4
November 2007 • Source: Mistral Air (Rome)

Maximum number of “unsaved‚” players permitted per team in a [Massachusetts|Massachusetts] [Christianity|evangelical] [Softball|softball] league

: 4
November 2007 • Source: The Evangelical Men's Church Softball League (Swansea, Mass.)

Estimated percentage of [Women|women]’s [College|college] [Sport|sports] teams that were coached by women when Title IX was enacted in [1970s|1972]

: 90
November 2007 • Source: Linda Jean Carpenter, Brooklyn College (West Brookfield, Mass.)

Percentage today

: 42
November 2007 • Source: Linda Jean Carpenter, Brooklyn College (West Brookfield, Mass.)

Average number of [Hours|hours] of housework that a [Boy|boyfriend] in a cohabiting couple does each week

: 10
November 2007 • Source: Shannon Davis, George Mason University (Fairfax, Va.)

Average number a [Marriage|married] [Men|man] does

: 9
November 2007 • Source: Shannon Davis, George Mason University (Fairfax, Va.)

Percentage change since [1990s|1991], based on a [Polling|survey] of U.S. [Medicine|hospitals], in the number of electric-carving-knife accidents

: ???80
November 2007 • Source: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (Bethesda, Md.)

Number of [Student|students] whose pre- and post-[Thanksgiving|Thanksgiving] weights were measured for a 2006 University of [Oklahoma|Oklahoma] study

: 94
November 2007 • Source: David Fields, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (Oklahoma City)

Chances that an entering high school [Student|student] will not graduate within the same span

: 4 in 10
November 2007 • Source: Project U-Turn (Philadelphia)

Number who said they had done it for [Money|money]

: 16
November 2007 • Source: Task Force 134, Multi-National Force--Iraq (Baghdad)

Percentage change, since the beginning of the surge, in the number of internally displaced [Iraq|Iraqis]

: +43
November 2007 • Source: International Organization for Migration in Iraq (Amman, Jordan)

Percentage of [Iraq|Iraqis] who say the surge has reduced security in the areas it targeted

: 70
November 2007 • Source: ABC News-BBC-NHK Poll (N.Y.C.)

Percentage of Americans [Ignorance|who believe] the U.S. has “already achieved victory in [Iraq|Iraq]‚”

: 11
November 2007 • Source: Zogby International (Utica, N.Y.)

Amount that a [Army|U.S. Army] private paid a [Men|man] to [Gun|shoot] him in the leg last [July|July] to avoid another tour in [Iraq|Iraq]

: $500
November 2007 • Source: Office of the Bronx District Attorney (N.Y.C.)

Price that a [Boston|Boston]-area company charges for My [Child|Child]’s Pack, a bulletproof backpack

: $175
November 2007 • Source: MJ Safety Solutions (Danvers, Mass.)

Estimated number it has [Business|sold] so far this school year

: 1,000
November 2007 • Source: MJ Safety Solutions (Danvers, Mass.)

Estimated amount that teacher turnover costs U.S. school districts each year in recruiting and training

: $7,000,000,000
November 2007 • Source: National Commission on Teaching and America's Future (Washington)

Chances that a new public-school teacher in [Philadelphia|Philadelphia] will leave within six years

: 7 in 10
November 2007 • Source: Research for Action (Philadelphia)

Number of [Immigration|immigration] measures introduced into state legislatures so far this year

: 1,404
November 2007 • Source: National Conference of State Legislatures (Washington)

Percentage of Americans who have not read a [Literature|book] in the past year

: 27
November 2007 • Source: AP-Ipsos Poll (Washington)

Percentage of [AfricanAmerican|African Americans] who have not

: 20
November 2007 • Source: AP-Ipsos Poll (Washington)

Factor by which the education-related [Finance|debt] of [AfricanAmerican|African-American] [Education|Ph.D.]’s exceeds that of [Caucasian|white] Ph.D.’s

: 2
November 2007 • Source: National Science Foundation (Arlington, Va.)

Number of the top ten [Television|TV] shows watched by [AfricanAmerican|African Americans] in [1990s|1997] that were also among the top ten shows overall

: 1
November 2007 • Source: Nielsen Media Research (N.Y.C.)

Number today

: 8
November 2007 • Source: Nielsen Media Research (N.Y.C.)

Portion of [Caucasian|whites] and [AfricanAmerican|African Americans], respectively, who say that [Immigration|immigrants] take American [Jobs|jobs]

: 1/4, 1/3
November 2007 • Source: Pew Research Center (Washington)

Percentage of all race-hate [Crime|crimes] in L.A. in which the victims are [Hispanic|Latino] and the perpetrators [AfricanAmerican|African-American]

: 18
November 2007 • Source: Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations (Los Angeles)

Percentage that are the reverse

: 41
November 2007 • Source: Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations (Los Angeles)
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