From The Page That Counts :
Number of U.S. documents classified as secret in 2001: 7.8 million
Number classified in 2005: 14.2 million
Cost to taxpayers for the U.S. government
to classify 14.2 million documents: $7.7 billion [1]
Number classified in 2005: 14.2 million
Cost to taxpayers for the U.S. government
to classify 14.2 million documents: $7.7 billion [1]
Number of catalogs Victoria's Secret sends out per year: 365 million
Number of virgin trees used per year for the paper in the catalogs: 74,885
Number of protests the Victoria's Dirty Secret group
has staged since 2004: 600 [2]
Number of years it took activists and the company to reach an agreement on environmental stewardship: 2 [3]
Number of virgin trees used per year for the paper in the catalogs: 74,885
Number of protests the Victoria's Dirty Secret group
has staged since 2004: 600 [2]
Number of years it took activists and the company to reach an agreement on environmental stewardship: 2 [3]
Percentage of greenhouse gases the world's air traffic was responsible for in 1992: 3.5
Percentage of greenhouse gases air traffic is estimated to be responsible for today: 10 [4]
Amount Richard Branson of Virgin Atlantic Airways invested in 2006 to make a new ultraclean fuel for jets, cars, and trucks: $1 billion [5]
Percentage of greenhouse gases air traffic is estimated to be responsible for today: 10 [4]
Amount Richard Branson of Virgin Atlantic Airways invested in 2006 to make a new ultraclean fuel for jets, cars, and trucks: $1 billion [5]
Percentage rate of U.S. personal savings in 2006: -1.4 [6]
Percentage rate of U.S. personal savings in 1933: -1.5
Number of full years in which the U.S. personal savings rate has dipped below zero: 3
Highest percentage rate of U.S. personal savings (1974): 10.7 [7]
Total amount of U.S. consumer debt for 2006: $2.16 trillion [8]
Percentage rate of U.S. personal savings in 1933: -1.5
Number of full years in which the U.S. personal savings rate has dipped below zero: 3
Highest percentage rate of U.S. personal savings (1974): 10.7 [7]
Total amount of U.S. consumer debt for 2006: $2.16 trillion [8]
Year in which women's rights pioneer Elizabeth Cady Stanton omitted "obey" from her marriage vows: 1840
Year the first women's rights convention was held in Seneca Falls, NY: 1848
Year Susan B. Anthony was arrested for attempting to vote: 1872
Year the 19th Amendment was ratified, allowing women the right to vote in federal elections: 1920 [9]
Year the first women's rights convention was held in Seneca Falls, NY: 1848
Year Susan B. Anthony was arrested for attempting to vote: 1872
Year the 19th Amendment was ratified, allowing women the right to vote in federal elections: 1920 [9]
Amount of money spent per year worldwide on bottled water: $100 billion
Amount per year needed to meet the United Nations' goal of giving everyone access to drinkable water by 2015: $11.3 billion [10]
Amount per year needed to meet the United Nations' goal of giving everyone access to drinkable water by 2015: $11.3 billion [10]
Number of days U.S. troops fought in World War II: 1,347
Number of days U.S. troops fought in the Iraq War by Nov. 30, 2006 : 1,348 [11]
Number of days U.S. troops fought in the Iraq War by Nov. 30, 2006 : 1,348 [11]
Number of times diners at a Puerto Rican café touched each other per hour: 180
Number of times diners at a British café touched each other: 0 [12]
Number of hours per day spiritual leader Amma has been known to spend dispensing random hugs in her attempt to calm the world's stresses: 20 [13]
Number of times diners at a British café touched each other: 0 [12]
Number of hours per day spiritual leader Amma has been known to spend dispensing random hugs in her attempt to calm the world's stresses: 20 [13]
- Information Security Oversight Office, 2005 Report to The President, May, 25, 2006, www.fas.org/sgp/isoo/index.html
- Victoria's Dirty Secret, "Press Room," "Campaign Timeline," from Oct. 14, 2004 to Dec. 6, 2006, www.victoriasdirtysecret.net
- ForestEthics, "ForestEthics and Limited Brands (Victoria's Secret) Reach Landmark Agreement on Environmental Stewardship (US release)," Dec. 16, 2006, www.forestethics.org/article.php?id=1660
- Atmosfair, "The higher the altitude, the greater the impact on the climate," Nov. 15, 2006, www.atmosfair.de/index.php?id=6&L=3
- Carleen Hawn, "Branson's Next Big Bet," CNNMoney.com Business 2.0: The best business ideas in the world," October 2, 2006, money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2006/08/01/8382250/index.htm?postversion=2006100211
- Rex Nutting, "Fed's big worry gets revised away: Slower wage growth means less inflation, but also less growth," MarketWatch.com,ANov. 29, 2006, www.marketwatch.com/news/story/feds-big-inflation-worry-gets/story.aspx?guid=%7B662FC525%2D23EA%2D4B73%2D97CC%2DF8CF11E912B8%7D
- U.S. General Accounting Office, "National Savings, Answers to Key Questions," June 2001, www.gao.gov/new.items/d01591sp.pdf
- Associated Press, "Americans Have Negative Savings Rate: Consumer Credit Grows in 2005 At Slowest Pace in 13 Years," Feb. 7, 2006, CBS NEWS, www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/07/business/main1293943.shtml
- History.com, "Women's History Month: Timeline," The History Channel Magazine, Nov. 2006, www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic&content_type_id=933&display_order=3&mini_id=1286
- United Nations, "Fact sheet on water and sanitation," International Decade for Action, Water For Life, 2005-2015, http://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/factsheet.html
- Michael Moore, "Cut and Run, the Only Brave Thing to Do… a letter from Michael Moore," Nov. 29, 2006, www.michaelmoore.com/words/message/index.php?messageDate=2006-11-25
- Adam Lusher, "It's a tight squeeze as British reserve meets the cuddle party," Oct. 15, 2006, Daily Telegraph, www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/10/15/ncuddle15.xml
- Associated Press, "Spiritual Leader Visits N.Y.," July 10, 2001, www.amritapuri.org/media/usa/ap2001.php
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