2,686 Number of wiretaps that the FBI requested approval for between 1993 and 1997
1 FBI wiretaps refused–the one for suspected spy Wen Ho Lee
15 French museums and historical sites, including the Louvre and the Arc de Triomphe, closed because of a strike
$65,000 Revenue the Louvre is losing every day of the strike
186,416 miles Total length of traffic jams on Paris streets after a separate strike by transport workers
148 American lives lost in combat during the Gulf War
29 American lives lost in Somalia
0 American lives lost in battle so far in the war over Kosovo
$45 billion Total spending by brides-to-be (and newlyweds in their first year) in 1998, up $13 billion from 1997
$32 billion Annual global revenue for McDonald’s
Sources: Investor’s Business Daily, Agence France Press, Defense Department, Bride’s Magazine
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