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 Mon, Oct 12 1992 Date: Mon, 12 Oct 92 04:44:58 EDT Message-ID: 10-12 0000 cc cc Oct. 12, 1992 SNAPSHOTS: A look at the news, money, sports, and lifestyle statistics that shape our world from the pages of USA TODAY. COLUMBUS, USA: Christopher Columbus lends his name to 41 communities in the USA. Columbuses, large and small: Largest:population Columbus, Ohio 632,910 Columbus, Ga. 178,681 Smallest Columbus, Mo. 24 Columbus, Ill. 88 Source: Rick Vanderpool, U.S. Census Bureau U.S. STEEL INDUSTRY STRONG: New manufacturing technology has made the U.S. steel industry the world's most productive, with the lowest number of worker hours to produce a ton of steel. Country Average worker hours per ton USA 5.3 Japan 5.4 Germany 5.6 Britain 5.6 South Korea 6.4 Source: WEFA Group HOW LONG WORLD SERIES RUNS: Length in games Percentage 4 17% 5 23% 6 19% 7 36% Other (1) 5% 1-Best-of-nine format Source: USA TODAY research PAINTING BY THE NUMBERS: Percentage of homeowners who choose to paint the exterior of their house: White:off-white 34% Beige:tan:brown 28% Gray 15% Blue 7% Green 6% Yellow 6% Red:pink tones 4% Source: Survey of 900 major U.S. markets for the Rohm & Haas Paint Quality Institute 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