Quotes from Harper's Index for December 2004:
"Number of U.S. terrorism trials brought before a jury since September 11, 2001 : 1 [U.S. Department of Justice ]"
"Number of terrorism convictions resulting : 2 [U.S. Department of Justice ]"
"Number of them dismissed in June due to a "pattern of mistakes" by the prosecution : 2 [U.S. Department of Justice ]"
"Minutes of weightlessness that Virgin Galactic passengers will experience on suborbital space flights in 2007 : 5 [Virgin Group (London)]"
"Price of the bottle of champagne a New York club requires patrons to buy in order to use a diamond-encrusted table : $5,000 [Select (N.Y.C.)]"
Harper's index is great! Interesting news in bite-size chunks. I am consistently amazed at their selections for news. It has too be terribly difficult to select what is included in each month's edition.