Numbers: Mar. 28, 2005

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44% Percentage of those surveyed in a TIME poll last week who said they approve of President Bush's handling of the economy, down from 51% in January

63% Respondents who said they approve of Bush's handling of the war on terrorism, up from 56% in January

46% Percentage of those surveyed who said recent steps toward democracy in the Middle East resulted mainly from President Bush's efforts

38% Respondents who said the steps toward democracy resulted more from other factors, like the death of Yasser Arafat

26 Number of prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan whose deaths in U.S. custody are known or suspected by investigators to have been the result of criminal homicide

3 Years of imprisonment, the strictest punishment yet meted out to any U.S. soldier for prison abuse

$2.06 Record nationwide-average price of a gallon of gas in the U.S. last week

$2.44 Average price in Hawaii, the state with the most expensive gas

$6.48 Average price of a gallon of gas in the Netherlands last week

Sources: TIME (4); New York Times; AP; AAA (2); USA Today