Numbers: Apr. 17, 2000

574.57 Decline of the NASDAQ Composite Index at 1:18 p.m. on April 4

$1.19 trillion Paper losses investors would have incurred had the markets not rebounded

8 Members of the Supremes since the group's 1961 debut

0 Number of times the three women touring this summer as the Supremes--Diana Ross, Scherrie Payne and Lynda Laurence--have sung together before this year

100 million Number of Boy Scouts enrolled nationwide since the group's founding in 1910; the 100-millionth scout--12-year-old Mario Castro--was initiated last week

43 million Number of people McDonald's serves every day, many of them 12-year-olds

50,000 Estimated number of women brought...

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