Numbers: Apr. 21, 2003

$3 Value of an Iraqi dinar in 1990

.03¢ Estimated value of a Saddam dinar on the Iraqi black market today

17.4% Decline in airline-passenger traffic during the first week of April compared with the same period last year

$99 Cost of a one-way ticket on Delta between Los Angeles and Atlanta starting in late May; down from $760

$856,058 President and Mrs. Bush’s reported adjusted gross income last year

$268,719 What they paid in taxes, or 31.4% of their income

$1,166,735 Vice President Cheney and his wife’s reported income last year

$341,114 What they paid in taxes, or 29.2% of their income

17 million Audience for Cher’s Farewell Tour TV special last week on NBC

5 million Audience for Britney Spears’ TV concert in the fall of 2001

Sources: BBC (2), New York Times, Wall Street Journal, New York Times (4), Washington Post (2)