Estimated portion of all U.S. nuclear waste that Nevada's Yucca Mountain dumpsite will hold when it is full in 2046 : 3/5
Richter-scale magnitude of an earthquake last June twelve miles from the Yucca site : 4.4
Minimum number of U.S. companies, individuals, and organizations that are licensed to possess radioactive material : 67,000
Decades by which the United States applied last spring to extend its nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands : 4
Days before Bolivia's June election that the U.S. ambassador warned Bolivians not to vote for the Socialist candidate : 4
Percentage change, after the warning, in the number of Bolivians who supported the Socialist : +198
Ratio of U.S. external debt to that of all developing countries combined : 1:1
Ratio of the amount the U.S. pays to service this debt to the total amount developing countries pay : 1:15
Radius, in miles, around this year's G8 summit in Canada within which unauthorized persons were not allowed : 2
Distance, in miles, from the summit to the area where demonstrations were allowed : 11
Projected cost per mile of the security fence Israel is building around the West Bank : $2,563,600
Number of Jewish immigrants Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said in June that he wants to attract to Israel : 1,000,000
Number of the September 11 hijackers whose entry visas came through a special U.S.-Saudi "Visa Express" program : 3
Rank of the United States and Britain among countries viewed most favorably by Muslims aged 15 to 25 : 1, 2
Number of NATO member nations besides the United States with a civilian oath of loyalty : 0
Number of weapons seized in a 1962 desegregation riot at a fraternity then headed by future senator Trent Lott : 24
Ratio of the number of acts of Congress overturned by the Warren Court to those overturned by the Rehnquist Court : 25:26
Number of bills vetoed by George W. Bush during his first 18 months in office : 0
Number of other U.S. presidents who have done this since 1850 besides Bill Clinton and Millard T. Fillmore : 0
Number of lawsuits filed since 1999 against a firm then run by the man leading Bush's new Corporate Fraud Taskforce : 3
Amount that the company paid to settle the cases : $478,000,000
Number of appearances made by corporate representatives on U.S. network nightly newscasts last year : 955
Number of appearances made by labor representatives : 31
Chance that a U.S. employer faced with a union drive in 1998 or 1999 illegally fired a pro-union worker : 1 in 4
Percentage of U.S. corporate executives who admit to having cheated at golf : 82
Percentage of U.S. college students who say they would try to evade the draft if one were called today : 37
Ratio of military recruiters to college counselors at East Los Angeles's Roosevelt High School : 5:1
Percentage of students in Cleveland's six-year-old school voucher program who attend religious schools : 99
Estimated percentage of the world's habitable land owned by major religious groups : 7
Portion of the world's population living in "severely water stressed environments" : 2/5
Estimated percentage of work-related deaths worldwide last year that were caused by communicable disease : 16
Tons of donated U.S. corn refused by Zimbabwe in May because it could not be certified genetically unmodified : 10,000
Days this year that Russia banned the import of U.S. poultry because of health concerns : 35
Minimum number of Kentucky Fried Chicken outlets that the company plans to open in France by 2006 : 100
Percentage change since 2000 in the number of awards won by Americans at the World Championship Cheese Contest : +38
Number of square feet of retail space per American : 27
Number of U.S. supermarkets where shoppers can pay using fingerprint readers : 4
Total number of fingerprints on file with supermarkets so far : 6,000
Number of monkeys that the federal government has infected with smallpox since May 2001 : 24
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