Figuratively speaking.

• Author: MacIntyre, John

* Number of vacant positions at new-car dealerships in the U.S.: 104,803. Number of those that are sales jobs: 42,198. Estimated number of military veterans hired by auto dealers since January 2004: 15,000.

* Percentage of undergraduate communications and journalism students in the U.S. who admitted to serious cheating on exams, ranking them as the worst: 27. Of undergrad business students who admitted to serious cheating on exams: 26.

* Number of CEO departures from U.S. companies in 2005: 1,322. In '04: 663. In '03: 695.

* Percentage of American newlyweds who felt that dealing with costs was the most daunting aspect of the wedding-planning process: 58. Who found it tough to find the right vendor for the right price: 39. Who said they did not set up a wedding budget or did not stick to it: 75.

* Percentage of U.S. workers who only occasionally clean their desks before eating there: 75. Who never do: 20.

* Percentage of U.S. employees planning to quit their job within a year who are...