Change since 1988 in the number of emergency rooms in the United States : �1,235
Chance that an American filing for bankruptcy last year did so because of medical expenses : 1 in 2
Percentage change last year in the total profits of Fortune 500 pharmaceutical companies : +35
Percentage change in the total profits of all Fortune 500 companies : �54
Chance, worldwide, that a child performs work that endangers his or her health : 1 in 9
Year in which the prom of Georgia's Taylor County public high school was first integrated : 2002
Average amount by which the price a black American pays for a new car exceeds that paid by a white for the same model : $420
harper's index online
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...But of these sophisms and elenchs of merchandise I skill not...
Milton, Areopagitica
Except he had found the
standing sea-rock that even this last
Temptation breaks on; quieter than death but lovelier; peace
that quiets the desire even of praising it.
Jeffers, Meditation On Saviors
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