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bulletROUGHLY 70% OF ADULTS DO NOT HAVE WILLS.
bulletIN 2001, THE NUMBER OF ORGAN DONATIONS REACHED A RECORD 6,400.
bullet18,000 UNINSURED ADULTS DIE PREMATURELY EACH YEAR.
bullet40 MILLION AMERICANS DON'T HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE.
bulletADULTS AGED 55 AND OVER CAN COMPLETE A DRIVING COURSE THROUGH AARP AND BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A 5% DISCOUNT ON THEIR AUTO INSURANCE.
bulletTHE NUMBER OF U.S. HOMES HEATED WITH SOLAR ENERGY WAS 47,069 IN 2000.
bulletCHINA IS SET TO REMAIN THE WORLD'S LARGEST CELLPHONE MANUFACTURER IN 2003 WITH SALES OF 109 MILLION HANDSETS, FOLLOWED BY THE U.S. AT 46 MILLION.
bulletTHE NATIONAL LAW CENTER ON HOMELESS AND POVERTY ESTIMATES SOME 3 MILLION MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN WERE HOMELESS FOR AT LEAST SOME PART OF 2002.
bulletIN THE 1991 GULF WAR, 35 OF THE 146 U.S. DEATHS WERE ATTRIBUTED TO FRIENDLY FIRE.
bulletA DOUBLE-BREASTED JACKET SHOULD ALWAYS BE WORN FULLY BUTTONED.