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April 17, 1992
    
SNAPSHOTS:
   A look at the news, money, sports, and lifestyle statistics 
that shape our world from the pages of USA TODAY.
    
COMPARING CHICAGO DISASTERS:
Estimated damage caused by:
Great Chicago Fire, 1871     $2.3 billion
Great Chicago Flood, 1992    $0.5 billion
(In 1992 dollars)
Source: USA TODAY research by Pam De Coteau
    
HOW STOCKS HAVE FARED:
Stocks are off to a good start in the 1990s, but odds are that the 
decade won't prove nearly as profitable as the '80s. Average 
annual total returns in the stock market, by decade:
1930s    +0.3%
1940s    +8.9%
1950s   +19.2%
1960s    +7.7%
1970s    +5.7%
1980s   +17.4%
Source: Ned Davis Research
    
CHAMPIONSHIP DROUGHTS:
The New York Rangers, which have the NHL's best record, have not 
won the Stanley Cup in 51 seasons. Longest major league title 
droughts:
Baseball        Seasons without title
Chicago Cubs              83
Football
Phoenix Cardinals         44
(then Chicago Cardinals)
Basketball
Sacramento Kings          40
(then Rochester Royals)
Source: USA TODAY research
    
POPPIN' POPCORN SALES:
USA residents bought 938 million pounds of unpopped popcorn in 
1990. That's enough to give every person in the country a 20-cubic 
foot bag of popped corn.
Source: USA TODAY research
    

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