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Communicating large numbers



Today's NY Times has a story concerning the removal of $1 billion from the Iraqi
Central Bank by Saddam Hussein in the hours before the war began. When you
read the story you think "Ah, $1 billion - the things I could do..." But then, there is a
great graphic description of just how much money this is...

" The sheer volume of the cash was so great — some $900 million in American
$100 bills and as much as $100 million worth of euros — that three tractor-trailers
were needed to cart it off, the Iraqi official said. It took a team of workers two hours
to load up the cash. Their work was completed before employees of the downtown
Baghdad bank arrived for work. "

You can read the full story at:

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/06/international/worldspecial/06BANK.html?ex=10
52798400&en=1877ee35c1190be8&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE

NOTE: the URL above is multiline and you will have to copy the whole URL into
your browser to view the story. If you copy in the portion of the URL before the ?,
you can access the story, but it will ask you to register first.

Regards,
David Marx