EDUCATION
$1 million
Yearly salary of presidents at 12 private universities for the 2005-06 academic year. Of the 68 community-college presidents surveyed by the Chronicle of Higher Education, about half made less than $250,000 per year
81
Number of private-college presidents earning more than $500,000 per year. Only three earned that much a decade ago
SMOKING
$1
Proposed federal excise tax on cigarettes, a 61¢-per-pack increase. The extra funds would help finance a proposed increase of approximately $35 billion for S-CHIP, a federal children's health-insurance bill
73
Number of times Congress has increased the sales tax on cigarettes since 2000
BROADWAY
$17...
