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2003-03-11 - 2:20 p.m. Chances that a U.S. House or Senate race last year was won by the candidate whose campaign spent the most : 9 in 10 Source: Center for Responsive Politics (Washington) Number of Louisiana's last three elected insurance commissioners convicted of corruption : 3 Source: Louisiana Department of Insurance (Baton Rouge) Percentage change since 1998 in the number of federal convictions for health-care fraud : +43 Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Estimated number of women killed as witches in Tanzania each year : 500 Source: HelpAge International (London) Percentage of the $1.1 trillion in Iraqi oil contracts that are held by French or Russian companies : 69 Source: International Energy Commission (Paris) Rank of Michael Moore's Stupid White Men among the New York Times's top "business" bestsellers in September : 1 Source: Harper?s research Chances that a U.S. adult does not want to live to be 120 under any circumstances : 2 in 3 Source: ABC News (N.Y.C.). Number of times George W. Bush has said Osama bin Laden's name in public since July 8 : 0 Source: Harper's research Hours after Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld learned Bin Laden was a suspect that he sought reasons to "hit" Iraq : 2.5 Source: CBS News, 9/4/02 Rank of Israel and Turkey among nations in violation of the largest number of U.N. Security Council resolutions : 1, 2 Source: Foreign Policy in Focus (Silver City, N.Mex.) Minimum number of times the United States has deployed troops abroad in its 226-year history : 277 Source: U.S. Congressional Research Service Number of days that the CIA's museum is open to the public each year : 0 Source: Central Intelligence Agency (Washington) Minimum percentage change since last year in Afghanistan's opium production : +1,000 Source: United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention (N.Y.C.) Days it takes an adult in Los Angeles to breathe in more air pollution than EPA guidelines recommend for a lifetime : 25 Source: National Environmental Trust (Washington) Percentage of Americans surveyed who say they refused to participate in a survey during the past year : 44 Percentage of those contacted for this survey who refused to participate in it : 60 Source: Council for Marketing and Opinion Research (North Canton, Ohio) � 
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