Sports
*--* Year Site Result 1997 Sotogrande, Spain Europe 14 1/2, U.S. 13 1/2 1995 Rochester, N.Y.
Sept. 23, 1999
The Ryder Cup year-by-year champions.
Sept. 20, 2004
Ryder Cup results since 1947.
Sept. 17, 2006
*--* 2003 Div Time Name, Country Open M 2:9:52 Mark Yatich, Kenya W 2:29:40 Tatyana Pozdnyakova, Ukraine Masters 2:34:33 Eumergindo Boche-Saban, U.S M W 2:29:40 Tatyana Pozdnyakova, Ukraine Wheelchair M 1:27:07 Saul Mendoza, Mexico W 1:50:06 Cheri Blauwet, U.S 2002 Open M 2:10:27 Steven Ndungu, Kenya W 2:28:49 Lyubov Denisova, Russia Masters M 2:41:07 Jose Diaz, U.S W 2:30:26 Tatyana Pozdnyakova, Ukraine Wheelchair M 1:28:44 Ernest Van Dyk, S.
March 3, 2003
World & Nation
Mideast: U.S., U.N. say they are still seeking a diplomatic solution to standoff over arms inspectors.
Nov. 4, 1997
Business
U.S. may rely on aging U-2 spy planes longer than expected
Jan. 28, 2012
RAW STATS Ethnic groups: Russians 52%, Ukrainians 16%, Uzbeks 5%, many others TV sets: 85 million (U.S.: 143 million) Radios: 164 million (U.S.: 484 million) Phones: 26 million (U.S.: 134 million) Passenger cars and commercial vehicles: 17 million (California: 18 million; U.S.: 170 million) Nobel laureates: 14 (U.S.: 175) Doctors: 896,000 (U.S.: 361,000) Per capita consumption of alcohol: 3.3 liters (U.S.: 9 liters) Communist Party membership, 1978: 17 million (U.S.: 20,000) Railroad mileage: 141,800 (U.S.: 286,000) Road mileage: 1.3 million (U.S.: 6.2 million) Cost of Levi’s on black market: $300 HEALTH Infant mortality per 1,000 live births: 34 (U.S.: 10.5) Life expectancy at birth: Males, 62 years (U.S.: 71.6) Females, 73 (U.S.: 76.3) Births per 1,000: 19.6 (U.S.: 15.8) Deaths per 1,000: 10.8 (U.S.: 8.8) Average number of abortions per woman: 6 ECONOMIC Ruble now equals $1.48 Monthly salary of average worker: Less than $300 1984 Soviet gross national product: $734 billion (1985 U.S.: $3.8 trillion) Largest cities: Moscow (8.8 million), Leningrad (4.7), Kiev (2.4) Industrial workers as a percent of work force: 45% (U.S.: 32%) Agricultural workers as percent of work force: 20% (U.S.: 3.5%) DIVERSIONS Annual movie attendance: 4.1 billion (U.S.: 1.04) Annual movies seen per capita: 15.7 (U.S.: 4.7) Movie theaters: 144,000 (U.S.: 13,331) 1980 film production: 184 (1980 U.S.: 248) Daily newspapers: 639 (U.S.: 1,800) 1980 books published: 80,000 titles (U.S.: 85,000) 1980 periodicals: 4,700 (U.S.: 59,000) Museums: 1,465 (U.S.: 4,609) Public Libraries: 1.6 million (U.S.: 387,000) WORLD RANKINGS No. 1: in size (2 1/2 times larger than U.S.) in battle deaths, 1816-1980: 9.7 million in 19 wars (U.S.: 664,000 in 8 wars) in abortions (U.S.: 9th) in doctors, public libraries, books in sheep, potatoes, barley, milk, sugar, wheat, cotton in steel, cement, silver, oil, coal, coal reserves No. 2 in heavy industry behind U.S. in world in men and women under arms: 3.6 million (U.S.
Feb. 15, 1987
Music
U2 SURPRISE: U2 plans to spend time in a Dublin recording studio next month and if things go well, they’ll release an EP next spring . . . in time for the Irish group’s European tour.
Nov. 22, 1992
Foreign Ministry states the craft ‘reconnoitered several areas.’ The U.N., which has demanded such moves, won’t confirm the statement.
Feb. 18, 2003
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