Numbers: Jul. 21, 2003
$3.9 billion Monthly cost of the U.S. military presence in Iraq, according to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
$2 billion Monthly cost of the U.S. military presence in Iraq projected by the White House in April
111 Days U.N. inspectors spent in their unsuccessful search for weapons of mass destruction (WMD) before they were forced to leave Iraq so the U.S. could launch the war
117 Days U.S. forces have spent (from the start of the war through last Saturday) in their thus far futile search for WMD
23 million Number of people who signed up in the first two weeks for the federal do-not-call registry
$11,000 Amount of fine faced by telemarketers who call those on the list after Oct. 1
4 Number of U.S. Presidents who have lived to be 90 or older, including Gerald Ford, who turns 90 on July 14
92 Age of Ronald Reagan, the oldest ex-President ever
Sources: U.S. Senate; TIME; New York Times; USA Today
Most Popular »
- Prehistoric Super-Crocodiles May Have Dined on Dinosaurs
- The Growing Backlash Against Overparenting
- Amid Concern About India's Lost Clout, Singh Goes to Washington
- Woman Loses Benefits over Facebook Photo
- Toilets
- The Fall of Greg Craig, Obama's Top Lawyer
- Can the A380 Bring the Party Back to the Skies?
- Why Exercise Won't Make You Thin
- Man in Coma Heard Everything for 23 Years
- The Political Fallout of Egypt's Soccer War
- The Growing Backlash Against Overparenting
- Prehistoric Super-Crocodiles May Have Dined on Dinosaurs
- Will Private Equity Be the Next Meltdown?
- How One Army Town Copes With Post- Traumatic Stress
- The Fall of Greg Craig, Obama's Top Lawyer
- Man in Coma Heard Everything for 23 Years
- Why Exercise Won't Make You Thin
- Toilets
- Troubling Rise of Facebook's Top Game Company
- Female Sexual Dysfunction: Myth or Malady?







RSS