For The Record

By Melissa August, Harriet Barovick, Elizabeth L. Bland, Roy B. White, Rebecca Winters

243 Number of bias incidents against Asian Pacific Americans in the three months after Sept. 11

143% Percentage increase in such incidents over average levels in previous years

1.4% Percentage U.S. economy grew last quarter. Fed: recovery "under way"

10,000 Private-sector jobs telecom giant Verizon will eliminate this year

210 Number of whales Japan will hunt annually for "science research" under its newly enlarged self-set quota

50,000 Estimated number of endangered sei whales left in the world

$17,000 Amount the average U.S. college student owed in tuition debt at graduation in 2000

$3,176 Amount nearly half of all college-tuition debtors owed in credit-card debt that same year

Sources: National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium, New York Times (2), CNET, Agence France Presse, World Wildlife Fund