Numbers in the news.4:32 Hours & minutes per day that the average American watched TV during the Sept. 2004-Sept. 2005 TV season--the highest level in 15 years. SOURCE: NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH 66% Percentage of Americans surveyed who say it's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a to reduce the number of U.S. troops in Iraq. SOURCE: WALL STREET JOURNAL/ NBC NEWS NBC News (along with NBC News + HD) is the news division of American television network NBC, a part of NBC Universal, which is majority-owned by General Electric. Its current president is Steve Capus. It is the top-rated broadcast news division and has been for a decade. POLL 700,000 Number of undocumented immigrants from around the world entering 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. each year. SOURCE: PEW HISPANIC CENTER 46 Number of spacewalks needed for astronauts to finish building the International Space Station, begun in 1998. SOURCE: USA TODAY USA Today National U.S. daily general-interest newspaper, the first of its kind. Launched in 1982 by Allen Neuharth, head of the Gannett newspaper chain, it reached a circulation of one million within a year and surpassed two million in the 1990s. 65% Percentage of students surveyed who said they would prefer to take the different sections of the SAT on different days. SOURCE: KAPLAN TEST PREP AND ADMISSIONS |
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