Archbishop Kennedy High School - Kencensus Yearbook (Conshohocken, PA)

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This That • When Bruce Springsteen buys a bandanna, it costs about $1.30. If it finds its way into the marketplace after he's worn it, it's worth $300. • Madonna has about 50 crucifixes; Mother Teresa has two. • $1 million in hundreds weighs 20 pounds. If a robber tried to steal $1 billion in hundreds, he would have to carry 10 tons. • George Washington s presidential campaign cost nothing. Franklin Roosevelt s most ex- pensive one (1936) cost $5.2 million. The budget of Ronald Reagans last one: $40.4 million. • In 1940, 38 percent of Americans graduated from high school. Today, 86 percent do. • Mikhail Baryshnikov leaped about half a mile a day, or in all of 1985 about 182 Mi miles. • The 445 dancers who have been in A Chorus Line, which is in its 1 1th year, have worn out 6,485 pairs of shoes. • Every day, 6 percent of the U.S. population eats at McDonald s. • Since he began doing The Tonight Show, Johnny Carson has told an estimated 638,645 jokes. • In the 10 years since 1975, 49 Americans have been charged with spying, mostly for Soviets. In the 10 years before 1975, none were. • The most violent TV show, ABC's Lady Blue, has 50 acts of vio- lence per hour. On U.S. streets there are 150 per hour. • In 1940 there were 3,679 Americans over the age of 100. This year there are about 37.000. • Russia has the largest optical telescope in the world — 236.2 inches in diameter. Galileo's measured 1 inches in width. • Mouseplants, including poin- settias, are the most common poisonous substance in the home, nosing out cosmetics — but only if you eat them. • The place where more hotdogs are consumed than any other place in the world is Chicago-O'Hare Airport. • In 1956, when there were 42.8 million TV sets. Americans borrowed 489.5 million books from the public libraries. In 1985 there were 205 million TV sets and 1.2 billion books were borrowed. • 52 percent of U.S. women would rather have a good job than a good husband. • In 1985, 5,500 mailmen were bit- ten by dogs, or about 18 mailmen daily. • Tor Christmas 1984 — the last for which figures exist — Santa Claus had to come down 1.6 million new chimneys. • Charles Lindbergh spent $13,500 on the first solo flight across the Atlantic. A six-day trip around the world on the space shuttle costs about $ 125 million. • In 1975 Americans ate 1 18.8 pounds of beef per person. In 1985 they ate 65.7 pounds each. • If you flip a coin 500 times, the odds of it coming up heads 250 times and tails 250 times are 1 in 28. • Fifty years ago, there were 6,812,350 farms in the U.S. Today there are 2,125,056. • At last count there were, relatively, only a few more people than cows in Texas: 16 million people vs. 14.1 million cows. • 71 percent of American motorists pump their own gas. The state with the highest percentage of pumpers, 88, is Utah. Chilly Maine has the lowest, 33 per- cent. Taken from Tidbits ' People Magazine Bits Pieces For Bruce Springsteen, 1985 was one of the biggest years of his career. Born in the U.S.A. , Springsteen's seventh album, has sold more than 10 million copies which is the biggest in the history of Columbia records. It was the num- ber-one album of 1985 on the American charts and it produced seven Top Ten hits. Outside the United States, the record sold more than 5 million copies in 20 countries, and was the number-one album in West Ger- many, Britain, and the Netherlands in July of 1985. Springsteen s over- seas tour in 1985 strengthened his position as an international symbol of America. Raking in a record $117 million. Bruce wrapped up a 61 city, 14 month Born in the U.S.A. tour. The Jersey rocker lent a hand on We are the World and Sun City and con- tributed funds to troubled unions. He also refused Chrysler s request to use one of his songs in an ad. On July 13, 1985, more than 80 of the biggest names in music per- formed in Philadelphia and England for the largest charity extravaganza ever. This was Live Aid; a charity concert for African famine relief. Over the course of the 16-hour con- cert, as many as a billion and a half people in 160 countries tuned in. 72,000 people watched in England's Wembley Stadium and 100,000 plus people jammed into John F. Ken- nedy Stadium in Philadelphia. Among the performers and groups were Phil Collins, Madonna, Sting, Tina Turner, The Who, Paul Mc- Cartney, a special Led Zeppelin reunion with Phil Collins on the drums, and many more of the greatest names in entertainment. In the end, the nonstop concert produced $70.5 million to save lives in Africa. This was one of the many events to help Ethiopia and the needy around the world. Assistance by musicians began in December of 1984 with Band Aid. This was an all-star cast of British musicians to help support Africa. Their song Do they know it's Christ- mas began a long chain of support for the needy. Following their exam- ple was U.S.A. for Africa. This was the united support of American ar- tists to help Africa. 45 of the biggest names in American music such as Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie. Bruce Springsteen, Tina Turner, and many more sung We are the World which produced $37 million plus. In April, Hermanos , a brotherhood of 60 Latin artists sung together and raised money for the hungry in Latin America and Africa. In May, 40 heavy metal musicians. Hear 'N Aid, cut a single for famine relief. Canadian artists, northern Lights for African Society, raised $1.8 million and Christian Artists United to Save the Earth raised $500,000 for Africa. Besides aid to Africa, help also went to the American farmers and South Africa. In Champaign, III., 50 country and rock performers put on a 15-hour show which drew 78,000 fans and harvested $10 million. Ar- tists United Against Apartheid released Sun City' in October of 1985 to support black South Africa activists. Together, $137 million was raised for Africa and the needy of the world. To continue their help in 1986 for Ethiopia, U.S.A. for Africa is spon- soring Hands Across America in April. More than a million people will join hands across America to raise money. 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