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Contents on this page were published in the April, 1993 edition of the Washington Free Press.
WFP, 1463 E. Republican #178, Seattle, WA -USA, 98112. -- WAfreepress@gmail.com
Copyright © 1993 WFP Collective, Inc.
While we would like to guarantee the absolute accuracy of these numbers, we can't. But, having worked at a variety of publications in the past, we can tell you that they are at least in the ballpark.
If any of you have a thing for numerical non sequiturs like these, cut them out and mail them in.]
# of Boeing 747 jumbo jets with engine fuse pins
930
# of Boeing 747 jumbo jets with cracking engine fuse pins
480
% of African-American children under 5 in King County who live in poverty
35.7
% of white children under 5 in King County who live in poverty
7.6
% of people of color with AIDS in King County who live in SE Seattle
39
# of espresso drinks consumed every week in Seattle
more than 1 million
% rise from 1980-90 of Puget Sounders commuting over 45 minutes to work
63
# of news staffers at the Seattle Weekly
19
# of advertising staffers at the Seattle Weekly
26
% of the Seattle Weekly comprised of advertising
63
# of pounds of beef eaten by the average American in 1977
89
# of pounds of beef eaten by the average American in 1992
63
# of people, on average, thanking St. Jude in Seattle's daily newspapers
7
# of businesses that failed in Seattle in 1991
283
# of businesses that failed in Seattle in 1992
350
# of traffic lights in Seattle
810
% of vacant office space in downtown Seattle in 1991
14
% of vacant office space in downtown Seattle in 1992
18
# of Elvis stamps bought by the Wishbone Cafe (a '50s-style diner)
1,000
$ needed to attend Gov. Lowry's inaugural ball
42
# of US cities with a higher cost of living than Seattle
8
# of US cities with more expensive health care than Seattle
2
# of low- and moderate-income families expected to move to Seattle by 2010
80,000
# of King County families who can't afford to live in their homes
117,000
% of homes in Mercer Island valued at less than $100,000
15
# of gallons in a butt of wine
126
% increase in Washington state's prison population from 1980-92
71
% increase in the Washington's total population from 1980-92
13
% increase in the number of imprisoned drug offenders in Washington
966
$ spent by KIRO to let its newscasters out of the box
2.5 million
# of $30,000-a-year reporters that KIRO could hire with $2.5 million
83
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