Numbers: Jul. 14, 2003

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$7.5 million Amount of money raised in the second quarter by former Vermont Governor Howard Dean, more than any other Democratic presidential candidate

$34.2 million Amount of money raised in the second quarter by George W. Bush, more than the nine Democratic candidates combined

10.2 Average number of vacation days U.S. workers take each year

20 Vacation days British workers are guaranteed by law

10,000 Number of new words added to the latest edition of the Merriam-Webster dictionary

5 Number of years it took for the word dot-commer to gain admission after it was first used

500 Number of copies in the first printing of the Braille version of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

13 Number of volumes each Braille copy contains

Source: New York Times; ABC News; AP; Christian Science Monitor