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September/October 2000

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Gold medals won by Stanford athletes in the Summer Olympics: 96

Gold medals won by Australia: 87

Seats in Sydney's International Aquatic Center: 18,200

Seats at DeGuerre Pool: 2,500

 

 

Presidential campaigns on which Harold Ickes has worked: 15

Percentage of those candidates elected: 27

Boxes of papers Ickes took when he left the Clinton White House: 50

 

cardinal numbers booksE-books available through MightyWords.com: 20,000

Self-published books available through Xlibris.com: 2,055

Cost of downloadable version of How to Have a Baby on MightyWords.com: $6.95

Percentage author receives: 50

Cost of paperback version of How to Have a Baby on Xlibris.com: $16

Percentage author receives: 25

Sources: 1. Stanford, Home of Champions; www.darmoni.net; San Jose Mercury News; gostanford.com; 2. Harold Ickes; New York Times; 3. MightyWords.com; Amazon.com; Xlibris.com.

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