The Harper's index: May

[JohnnyRingo]

http://www.harpers.org/HarpersIndex2005-05.html

Excerpts:
Annual cost of all sixteen U.N. peacekeeping missions currently underway : $3,870,000,000

Monthly cost of the U.S. occupation of Iraq : $4,100,000,000

Revenue from Iraqi oil sales that the CPA could not account for, according to a 2005 audit : $8,800,000,000
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Number of merit badges in Safety awarded to Boy Scouts since 2001 : 15,417

Number in Shotgun Shooting : 65,249
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Average percentage by which the power of the male heart declines between the ages of 18 and 75 : 20

Average percentage by which the female heart does : 0
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Amount for which George W. Bush successfully sued Enterprise Rent-A-Car in 1999 : $2,500

[RobertSeattle]

1. Q: Do they publish "one month later" than the paper version?

I noticed the May 2005 Index was posted June 2.

Thanks!

[JohnnyRingo]

2. Yes, one month behind online.