Numbers in the news.19 billion Number of catalogues mailed out by retail companies in 2005, up from 17 billion in 2002. SOURCE: BUSINESS WEEK 25 million Estimated number of Bibles purchased by Americans in 2005--twice as many as the most recent Harry Potter A potter is someone who makes pottery. Potter may also refer to: People
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] 99.5% Percentage of Americans who live within 25 miles of one of Wal-Mart's 3,298 U.S. stores. SOURCE: THE WALL STREET JOURNAL 2.5 million Tons of "e-waste" thrown away in the U.S. in 2005. High-tech devices often contains lead and other toxic substances. 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 0 Number of major U.S. cable-TV companies that are carrying the English version of Al Jazeera This article is about the TV network and channel. For other uses, see Jazira. Al Jazeera (Arabic: الجزيرة, al-ğazīrä , the Arabic news network based in Qatar. SOURCE: TIME |
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