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November, 1989

Quote"If that plane doesn't fly, the debate is over. It is far too expensive to be a Stealth taxi."--Senator Sam Nunn on the B-2 bomber's per-plane cost of $500,000,000.Button upNumber of Americans who had colds in 1987: 61,900,000.•Number of Americans who had the flu that year: 91,000,000.•In 1987, 21 percent of the people living in the Midwest had colds; in the South, 24; in the Northeast, 27; in the West, 33.Tot CountNumber of children under five now living in the United States: 18,...