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Political Facts in the News
TV statistics: The Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association says that there are 240
million TV sets in the U.S., with an average of 2.4 sets per home. The
percentage of households that have TV sets is 99%, which is higher even than
the percentage having telephones (94%). (New York Times 27 Apr 97)
If Texas were a country, it would rank among the world's top ten countries in its rate of executions of convicted criminals [Christian Science Monitor Radio, May 30, 1997].
Most executions (number in 40s) in the United States during 1996 since 1957 [National Public Radio news, Dec. 4, 1996].
In the United States, the gulf
between rich families and poor families has climbed to the
highest among industrial nations [Associated Press wire story,
August 14, 1995].