Numbers: Feb. 14, 2000

35 inches Legroom American Airlines will offer its coach passengers following last week's announcement of a 3-in. increase

70 inches Legroom provided to American's first-class passengers

$6.15 Minimum wage approved by the Senate last week, to be phased in over three years

$12,792 Estimated pretax annual income of an employee earning the new minimum wage

66% Poll respondents who correctly identified Regis Philbin as the host of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

6% Respondents who correctly identified Dennis Hastert as Speaker of the House of Representatives

25,000 Number of words in the vocabulary of the average 14-year-old in the U.S....

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