Numbers in the news.$3.9 billion Net worth of each of the two founders of the search engine Google, following the initial public offering of stock in the company in August. SOURCE: THE 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 24% Percentage of high school students who say they've never had a serious conversation with a student of another race. SOURCE: THE HIGH SCHOOL SURVEY OF STUDENT ENGAGEMENT 18,000 Number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, as of August [see p. 8]. SOURCE: THE NEW YORK TIMES 208 Number of votes received in the 2000 presidential election by the candidate of the Prohibition Party Prohibition party, in U.S. history, minor political party formed (1869) for the legislative prohibition of the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages. , which favors outlawing the sale of alcohol SOURCE: THE NEW YORKER yorker Noun Cricket a ball bowled so as to pitch just under or just beyond the bat [probably after the Yorkshire County Cricket Club] 42,643 Number of people killed in traffic accidents in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. in 2003. SOURCE: THE NEW YORK TIMES |
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