Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!news.media.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!usa-post Newsgroups: usa-today.snap From: usa-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: usa-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: snap Thu, Jul 23 1992 Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 04:33:09 EDT Message-ID: 07-23 0000 cc cc July 23, 1992 SNAPSHOTS: A look at the news, money, sports, and lifestyle statistics that shape our world from the pages of USA TODAY. DECADE OF ROCKETS: So far in the 1990s, NASA has sent 12 vehicles into space. Launches by decade: 1958-1959 7 1960-1969 149 1970-1979 57 1980-1989 37 Source: NASA TOP S&L SEIZURES: On July 6, HomeFed Bank became the largest thrift ever seized by federal regulators. Largest thrifts closed by regulators: Thrift seized Assets When HomeFed Bank, San Diego $13.6 billion 7:6:92 Gibraltar Savings, Simi Valley, Calif. $13.4 billion 3:31:89 City Federal Savings, Bedminster, N.J. $9.8 billion 12:8:89 Imperial Savings, San Diego $9.6 billion 2:23:90 Great American Bank, San Diego $9.5 billion 8:9:91 Source: Resolution Trust Corp. AT THE TOP OF THE OPEN: Golfers who won or were runnerup most often at the U.S. Women's Open: Golfer 1st 2nd Total Louise Suggs 2 5 7 JoAnne Carner 2 5 7 Betsy Rawls 4 2 6 Mickey Wright 4 1 5 Source: USA TODAY research COLLEGE PROVES ATTRACTIVE: Percentage of 18-24 year-olds in the USA attending college: 1986 25.5% 1987 26.5% 1988 27.7% 1989 28.7% 1990 29.7% 1991 30.2% 1992 30.8% Source: National Center for Educational Statistics This article is copyright 1992 Gannett News Service. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM