Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!news.media.mit.edu!americast.com!usa-post Newsgroups: usa-today.snap From: usa-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: usa-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: snap Wed, Apr 22 1992 Date: Wed, 22 Apr 92 05:41:50 EDT Message-ID: 04-22 0000 cc cc April 22, 1992 SNAPSHOTS: A look at the news, money, sports, and lifestyle statistics that shape our world from the pages of USA TODAY. DWINDLING HELP IN HOUSING: Funding for federally assisted housing since 1981: Amount allocated in billions: 1981: $23.9 1991: $ 7.2 Source: HUD STARTING SALARIES IN BUSINESS: Will starting salaries for business school graduates be higher or lower than last year? Answer Undergraduate MBA Higher 26% 27% Lower 15% 20% Same 59% 53% Source: USA TODAY survey of 243 business school deans, members of the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business, on April 13. TALKING ABOUT WINNING: It took a .463 winning percentage to make the NBA playoffs in 1991-92. How that compares to career records of former NBA coaches now working as NBA color announcers: Mike Fratello (NBC) .562 Doug Collins (TNT) .557 1992 playoffs .463 Dick Versace (TBS:TNT) .456 Hubie Brown (TNT) .454 Source: USA TODAY research by John Riley RECYCLING TO GO: Enough paper and cardboard were recycled in 1990 to make 100 billion pizza boxes - 402 for every person in the USA. Source: Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries 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