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, May 21 1992 Date: Thu, 21 May 92 05:20:57 EDT Message-ID: 05-21 0000 cc cc May 21, 1992 SNAPSHOTS: A look at the news, money, sports, and lifestyle statistics that shape our world from the pages of USA TODAY. ENDURING POLITICAL PARTIES: This weekend, the Democratic Party celebrates its bicentennial. Oldest American political parties (all are still active): Party Years in existence Democratic 200 Republican 138 Prohibition 123 Socialist Labor 115 Socialist 91 Source: USA TODAY research by Pam De Coteau APPLE PCS' MEMORY GROWS: Apple Computer is planning a personal computer that easily recognizes handwriting. How memory in Apple computers has grown: Memory 1976: Original Apple I 4,000 bytes or 1 business letter 1992: Apple Macintosh LCII 4 million bytes or 1 large novel Source: Apple Computer WOMEN'S GOLF VICTORY MARGINS: Betsy King set a Mazda LPGA Championship record Sunday with an 11-stroke victory margin. Largest margins of other major tournaments: Stroke Player Year margin U.S. Women's Open Louise Suggs 1949 14 Nabisco Dinah Shore Amy Alcott 1991 8 du Maurier Ltd. Classic JoAnne Carner 1978 8 Source: USA TODAY research COSTLY C-SECTIONS: How often hospitals perform Caesarean section births - which cost about two-thirds more than vaginal births: Hospital type Non-profit Government Profit-making Percentage of all births 23% 21% 31% Source: National Center for Health 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