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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated

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To: Peter van Steennis who wrote (149478)12/2/2005 3:00:46 PM
From: KLP  Read Replies (1) of 793848
 
Re: One Billion...It is indeed eyeopening, Peter. I'll find a chance to sprinkle one or two of these in my conversation when talking about "billions"....

A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into perspective:

A billion seconds ago, it was 1959.

A billion minutes ago, Jesus was alive.

A billion hours ago, our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.

A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate Washington spends it.
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