Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!news.media.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!usa-post Newsgroups: usa-today.snap,americast.usa-today.snap From: usa-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: usa-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: snap Thu, Aug 20 1992 Date: Thu, 20 Aug 92 04:20:23 EDT Message-ID: 08-20 0000 cc cc Aug. 20, 1992 SNAPSHOTS: A look at the news, money, sports, and lifestyle statistics that shape our world from the pages of USA TODAY. SEEKING SECOND TERMS: How recent presidents have done in re-election campaigns: Point change from first election Reagan '84 +8 Carter '80 -9 Nixon '72 +17 Eisenhower '56 +2 Source: USA TODAY research MULTIPLYING FAXES: Number of facsimile machines in the USA 1991 2.2 million 1995(1) 4.7 million 1 - estimate Source: Dataquest LEADING THE LEAGUE IN BATTING: Ted Williams was the last player to hit .400 in the majors - .406 in 1941. Highest and lowest league-leading season averages since then: Highest George Brett, Kansas City 1980 .390 Rod Carew, Minnesota 1977 .388 Lowest Carl Yastrzemski Boston 1968 .301 Snuffy Stirnweiss N.Y. Yankees 1945 .309 Source: USA TODAY research FERTILITY RATES: Number of children a woman would have in her lifetime at the prevailing national birth rate at the beginning of each decade: Year Fertility rate 1960 3.6 1970 2.4 1980 1.8 1990(1) 1.9 2000(1) 1.8 1- Projections Source: Marketfax 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