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Number of Brazilian orphans to be available for adoption on the Internet: 48
Source: Boston Globe, 27 July 1996
Number of e-mail address entries, per person, on the MIT alumni contribution form: 2
Number of ill chess players rescued after calling for help on the Internet: 1
Source: Boston Globe, 30 September 1996, also Internet Chess Club news
Number of entries in Maclean's magazine Internet directory, 9/2/96: 7
Source: Maclean's
Number of US states with "wanted lists" of child support offenders on the Internet: 7
Source: USA Today, 23 July 1996
Percentage of comics in the Boston Globe with Internet addresses: 63
Source: Boston Globe, 14 October 1996
Percentage of the first 20 ads in the October '96 Scientific American with Web addresses: 75
Percentage of the first 20 ads in the October '96 Scientific American with toll-free numbers: 70
Source: Scientific American, October 1996
Percentage of the first 20 ads in the October 7, 1996, Business Week with Web addresses: 60
Percentage of the first 20 ads in the October 7, 1996 Business Week with toll-free numbers: 80
Source: Business Week, October 7, 1996
Percentage of online users who prefer to remain anonymous when visiting Websites: 60
Source: Equifax/Harris Consumer Privacy Survey, reported from the BNA
Daily Report for Executives, 10 Oct 96, in Edupage
Amount, in millions of dollars, President Clinton proposes to spend for expanding Internet capacity at universities: 500
Source: Washington Post, 10 Oct 96
Amount, in millions of dollars, Microsoft spends to plan promoting MSN in the next 12 months: 100
Source: Wall Street Journal, 11 Oct 96
Number of visitors to NetAction's Internet kiosk near the San Francisco Civic Center during one week: 100
Number of volunteers who staffed the kiosk: 26
Source: NetAction
Number of e-mail messages to the FBI about the crash of TWA Flight 800 in the first eleven days after the crash: 900
Source: Boston Globe, 28 July 1996
Maximum prison term, in years, for possessing an unauthorized modem in Myanmar (Burma): 15
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