Numbers in the news.1 Number of doctors in Niger per 33,000 people, compared with 1 doctor per 180 people in the U.S. 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 $31,916 Average cost of tuition, room and board, and other expenses for a student attending a private university in the U.S. SOURCE: THE NEW YORK TIMES 259% Percentage by which paid music downloads A music download refers to the transferring of a music file from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment if required. have increased so far in 2005. SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE PHONOGRAPHIC INDUSTRY 10,000 Number of tigers living as pets in the U.S., compared with 4,000 living in the wild worldwide. SOURCE: THE NEW YORK TIMES $10 million Value of endorsements signed by 16-year-old golfer Michelle Wie Michelle Sung Wie (Korean Wie Seong-mi Hangul: 위성미 Hanja: , born October 11, 1989 in Honolulu, Hawaii)(IPA pronunciation of surname: [wi][1]) is an American professional golfer. when she turned pro in October. SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. |
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