Ames Progressive

The number of years U.S. troops have occupied Iraq, as of March 20, 2008: 5
Total U.S. soldier death count in Operation Iraqi Freedom, as of March 23, 2008: 4000
(icasualties.org)
Total U.S. military spending on the Iraq war, in dollars, as of March 20, 2008: 504,461,000,000
Total U.S. military spending per day, in dollars, on the Iraq war: […]

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Pounds of food the average American family throws away per year: 467.2
Dollar amount the average American family spends on food they throw away: 589.76
Total dollar amount Americans spend on food they throw away: 43,052,480,000
Percentage of fruit the average full service restaurants throw away per day: 37.6
Pounds in grain the average full service restaurants throw away […]

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Total acreage of all Wal-Mart stores worldwide: 18,810
Total acreage of the island of Manhattan: 15,000
(Good, Issue 7, November/December 2007)
Salary of Boston Celtics’ Kevin Garnett, the highest paid player in the NBA: $23,750,000
Total team payroll of the Boston Celtics: $74,626,104
(http://www.hoopshype.com/salaries.htm)
Lap dancers tracked in a University of New Mexico study comparing tips and menstrual cycles: 18
Percentage […]

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Number of years Iowa has held its “first in the nation” caucus status: 31
Estimated dollar amount brought in to Iowa by the caucuses in 2004: 50-60 million
Estimates for this year: 100-120 million
(http://www.iowacaucus.org/iacaucus.html)
Percent of party nomination Bush received in Iowa in 2000: 41
Percent of party nomination Clinton received in Iowa in 1992: […]

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The last meals of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s executed inmates: 7 out of 17 death-row inmates who protested their innocence ordered no meals. 30 out of 33 inmates who admitted guilt ordered last meals.
Inmate #33, of the 33 who admitted guilt, was later found to be innocent. He didn’t order a last meal.
(Kitchen […]

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Test Excerpt.

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