Numbers: Oct. 11, 2004

121 Number of countries that have endorsed the Kyoto treaty on global warming; with the latest addition, Russia, the treaty will formally go into effect

36.1% Portion of worldwide emissions of greenhouse gases caused by the U.S., which has not endorsed the pact

46% Percentage of women in 2000 who were financially independent, married with children and had finished school by age 30, compared with 31% of men

77% Percentage of women in 1960 who had achieved the same milestones of adulthood, compared with 65% of men

257 Baseball's 84-year-old record for hits in a season, reached and passed Friday night...

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