(Time, 2004)
49%—Percentage of all US-sold beer that is made by Anheuser-Busch.
(Forbes, 2004)
97%—Percentage of all lab research animals that are rats or mice.
(New York Post, 2004)
84%—Percentage of all New York City taxi drivers who are foreignborn.
(New York Post, 2004)
49%—Percentage of all US taxi drivers who have a college degree.
(Harris Poll, 2004)
59%—Percentage of Americans with a positive view of British PrimeMinister Tony Blair.
(Harris Poll, 2004)
14%—Percentage of Americans with a positive view of FrenchPresident Jacques Chirac.
(AARP, 2004)
$47,909—Median size of an inheritance received by a baby boomer.
(American Demographics, 2004)
76%—Percentage of Americans who use their workplace Internet forpersonal activities.
New York Post, 2004)
$1.2 million—Recent price for a seat on the New York StockExchange. (
(Time, 2004)
$6.1 billion—Total annual spending on gambling in Las Vegas, Nev.