Numbers

By Val Castronovo, Matthew Cooper, Daren Fonda, Ellin Martens, Ben Nugent, Desa Philadelphia, Julie Rawe and Josh Tyrangiel

33%, 35% May 1988 favorable and unfavorable ratings of presidential candidate and then Vice President George Bush

34%, 36% May 2000 favorable and unfavorable ratings of presidential candidate and current Vice President Al Gore

74.5 Years a baby born in Japan can expect to live in full health, the highest among 191 nations surveyed

25.9 Years a baby born in Sierra Leone can expect to live in full health, the lowest among nations surveyed

205.5 ft. Length of the Goodyear blimp Spirit of Akron 850 ft. Length of the CargoLifter CL160, the world's largest blimp, being built in Germany to ferry industrial equipment

74 G-rated animated films released in theaters between 1937 and 1999 that are currently available on videocassette

74 Number of those films that contain at least one act of violence

Sources: New York Times, World Health Organization, Goodyear, USA Today, Journal of the American Medical Association