Numbers: Apr. 21, 2003
$3 Value of an Iraqi dinar in 1990
.03¢ Estimated value of a Saddam dinar on the Iraqi black market today
17.4% Decline in airline-passenger traffic during the first week of April compared with the same period last year
$99 Cost of a one-way ticket on Delta between Los Angeles and Atlanta starting in late May; down from $760
$856,058 President and Mrs. Bush's reported adjusted gross income last year
$268,719 What they paid in taxes, or 31.4% of their income
$1,166,735 Vice President Cheney and his wife's reported income last year
$341,114 What they paid in taxes, or 29.2% of their income
17 million Audience for Cher's Farewell Tour TV special last week on NBC
5 million Audience for Britney Spears' TV concert in the fall of 2001
Sources: BBC (2), New York Times, Wall Street Journal, New York Times (4), Washington Post (2)
Most Popular »
- The Growing Backlash Against Overparenting
- The Fall of Greg Craig, Obama's Top Lawyer
- Prehistoric Super-Crocodiles May Have Dined on Dinosaurs
- Toilets
- Can the A380 Bring the Party Back to the Skies?
- Woman Loses Benefits over Facebook Photo
- Why Exercise Won't Make You Thin
- Troubling Rise of Facebook's Top Game Company
- The Story of Barack Obama's Mother
- Twilight Sequel New Moon Sets Records at the Box Office
- The Growing Backlash Against Overparenting
- Toilets
- Prehistoric Super-Crocodiles May Have Dined on Dinosaurs
- Troubling Rise of Facebook's Top Game Company
- Why Exercise Won't Make You Thin
- The Fall of Greg Craig, Obama's Top Lawyer
- Can the A380 Bring the Party Back to the Skies?
- Woman Loses Benefits over Facebook Photo
- Junior Eurovision: Schoolyard Crushes with Glitter
- Female Sexual Dysfunction: Myth or Malady?







RSS