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March 30, 2004

13

Number of U.S. soldiers in Iraq that have been charged as part of the Abu Ghraib prison torture abuse probe.

135,000

Total number of U.S. soldiers serving in Iraq.

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March 27, 2004

80

Percentage of U.S. defendants who require a public defender.

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March 26, 2004

38

Percentage of U.S. citizens living below the poverty level who voted in the 2000 presidential election.

68

Percentage of citizens living at twice the poverty level who voted.

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March 24, 2004

$64,000,000.00

Average amount of money spent by the seven major Hollywood film studios in 2003 to make each of their movies.

$39,000,000.00

Average amount each studio spent to market each of their movies.

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March 14, 2004

100th

Birthday the average guy would most like to live to see.

0.8%

Chance he actually will.

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30

Percentage of Americans who clean their plates no matter how much food they're served.

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March 11, 2004

51

Percent of battered women abused in a dating relationship.

15

Number of seconds in between physical beatings women receive at the hands of men in the U.S. every day.

5

Number of seconds in between verbal assaults and emotional abuse women receive from the mouths of men in the U.S. every day.

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March 4, 2004

135

Minimum number of pounds of gear carried by each U.S. Special Operations soldiers in Iraq.

26

Percentage of this accounted for just by disposable batteries alone.

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10

Percentage of Chinese exports to the United States accounted for by merchandise sold at Wal-Mart.

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1

Ranking of Rwanda among nations with the largest proportion of women in their governing legislature.

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