Numbers in the news.23 million Number of people who signed up in the first two weeks far a federal no-call registry, aimed at limiting telemarketing telemarketing, the practice of selling goods or services to customers by means of the telephone or of surveying consumer preferences in telephone conversations. . [See story, page 12] SOURCE: FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Federal Communications Commission (FCC), independent executive agency of the U.S. government established in 1934 to regulate interstate and foreign communications in the public interest. 75% Proportion of high school students reporting that they "get along well with their parents ..." in a recent survey. SOURCE: HORATIO ALGER ASSOCIATION ANNUAL YOUTH SURVEY 200 thousand Number of Liberians killed in the war since 1989. [See story, page 16] SOURCE: U.S. INSTITUTE OF PEACE 36% Proportion of Hispanic Americans who say they have been the victim of racial or ethnic discrimination, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a recent poll. SOURCE: NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of TIMES/CBS NEWS POLL 73% Proportion OF black Americans (non-Hispanic) who say they've felt discrimination, according to the same poll. SOURCE: NEW YORK TIMES/CBS NEWS POLL |
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