Food
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Jan. 5, 2018
Sports
The United States used to dominate Britain in the Ryder Cup, but since players from continental Europe joined the competition in 1979, it has become a new golf ballgame. ‘27: U.S. ‘29: England ‘31: U.S. ‘33: England ‘35: U.S. ‘37: U.S. ‘47: U.S. ‘49: U.S. ‘51: U.S. ‘53: U.S. ‘55: U.S. ‘57: England ‘59: U.S. ‘61: U.S. ‘63: U.S. ‘65: U.S. ‘67: U.S. ‘69: U.S. ‘71: U.S. ‘73: U.S. ‘75: U.S. ‘77: U.S. ‘79: U.S. ‘81: U.S. ‘83: U.S. ‘85: Europe ‘87: Europe ‘89: Europe ‘91: U.S. ‘93: U.S. ‘95: Europe ‘97: Europe
Sept. 23, 1999
Travel & Experiences
You long for a trip on the open road, but you aren’t sure your car is trustworthy.
June 7, 2017
The road beckons, but your car frightens.
May 20, 2018
The Ryder Cup year-by-year champions.
Sept. 20, 2004
World & Nation
The U.S. is investigating whether Islamic State militants used a mustard gas agent against Kurdish peshmerga forces in at least two incidents, most recently this week in northern Iraq, officials said.
Aug. 15, 2015
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
*--* Year Site Result 1997 Sotogrande, Spain Europe 14 1/2, U.S. 13 1/2 1995 Rochester, N.Y.
Science & Medicine
Beware, weekend ragers: A new study suggests that people who use drugs only on the weekends frequently begin using them on weekdays too.
May 11, 2015
You want to go on a road trip, but you don’t want to add miles to your leased car’s odometer?
June 24, 2016