For The Record

By Harriet Barovick, Elizabeth L. Bland, Victoria Rainert, Roy B. White, Rebecca Winters

258 Total number of athletes who competed in the first Winter Olympic Games, in Chamonix in 1924

211 Number of athletes from the U.S. alone competing in Salt Lake City

1,300 People who have given notice that they may sue New York City over the aftermath of the WTC attack

15% Percentage of vacant space in the Empire State Building, triple the amount in mid-2001

1.59 MILLION Number of homes that tuned in to watch Greta Van Susteren, cosmetically remade ex-CNN host, for the debut of her new Fox show

742,000 Number that tuned in two nights later, still up from the 636,000 for The Edge with Paula Zahn during the same week last year

30 YEARS Time it took for the VCR's price to drop below $100

4 YEARS Time it took DVDs to fall below that price

Sources: www.olympic.org www.usolympicteam.com AP, Crain's, Nielsen Media Research (2), New York Times (2)