Key Quotes for 2005

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Last update: Wednesday 25th March
 
God’s design is truly amazing! Your heart, about the size of your clinched fist, pumps your five litres of blood through your 60,000 miles of arteries and veins about every 30 seconds. If you live to be 70, your heart will beat more than 3 billion times.
HealthLifetimes – September 2004
 
There are 12.3 million people aged 60 plus in the UK a third of these 4.02 million will have moderate or severe disabilities.

HealthThe Universe – 17th July 2005
 
Almost a quarter of drivers think it is acceptable to speed if they reckon the limit is too low, it was revealed today. A third consider speeding acceptable if there is an emergency while 21% reckon it is all right if there is little traffic about.
The LawThe Sentinel - 5th August 2005
 
A study has confirmed that women with early breast cancer benefit from taking the new drug Arimidex. Switching to the Arimidex after two years of treatment with the standard treatment Tamoxifen improves event free survival for post-menopausal women, researchers said today.
ScienceThe Sentinel - 5th August 2005
 
On 15th December 2004 the eye of a giant storm passed over a set of scientific gauges on the seabed of the Gulf of Mexico. The instruments measured the size of the waves created by Hurricane Ivan as it headed towards the American coast. A study published today in the journal Science reveals that the Hurricane created waves measuring at least 90 feet (30m) from crest to trough – the tallest and most extreme open-ocean waves ever recorded by modern instruments.
ScienceThe Independent - 5th August 2005
 
$27bn is spent each year by the US on nuclear weapons and related programmes.
Disasters/WarThe Independent - 5th August 2005
 
900 years is the time it will take for radioactive elements in Pripyat near Chernobyl, to decay to safe levels following the disaster 19 years ago.
Disasters/WarThe Independent - 5th August 2005
 
100,000 people were members of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in 1984.
Disasters/WarThe Independent - 5th August 2005
 
200 is the estimated number of nuclear weapons possessed by Israel.
Disasters/WarThe Independent - 5th August 2005
 
There are 40 states with technical ability to make nuclear weapons, including Egypt and South Korea.
Disasters/WarThe Independent - 5th August 2005
 
There are 5 acknowledged nuclear states: China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, and United States and 4 other states known or thought to have nuclear weapons: India, Israel, Pakistan, North Korea.
Disasters/WarThe Independent - 5th August 2005
 
There are 11,000 active, deliverable nuclear weapons in the world. The US has 6,390, Russia 3,242 and Britain 200.
Disasters/WarThe Independent - 5th August 2005
 
It’s 60 years since the first use of a nuclear weapon in war.160,000 people died when the bomb was dropped at 8:15pm on Hiroshima, with another 77,062 dying later.
Disasters/WarThe Independent - 5th August 2005
 
265 of children questioned did not know who was bullying them via their mobile phone.
Social IssuesYouthwork – August 2005
 
Half of all text bullying or threatening behaviour happens to young people while they are in school or college. Out of school, text bullying happens mainly after 9pm.

Social IssuesYouthwork – August 2005
 
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