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102

Minutes per day the average working woman spends caring for family; working men average 48.

SOURCE: BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

180,184

Total number of U.S. National Guard and Armed Forces Reserve personnel that had been mobilized as of the middle of November.

SOURCE: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

17%

Percentage of the electorate that was made up of voters 18-29 in the 2004 presidential election--the same percentage as in 2000.

SOURCE: EDISON MEDIA RESEARCH/ MITOFSKY INTERNATIONAL

1,400

Number of college students 18-24 who die annually as a result of alcohol abuse, most of them in traffic accidents.

SOURCE: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON...

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