• Quote of the Day:
"I have no problem whatsoever in walking on red carpets, because I've certainly washed enough of them in my life."
Benedita da Silva, a former maid who became Rio de Janeiro's first black woman governor
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/17/international/americas/17FPRO.html
• Number of the Day: 2.4
Percent of SUV drivers in New York who use cellphones while driving, three times the percentage of car drivers. Overall usage dropped from 2.3 percent to 1.1 percent since a state law banned drivers from using cell phones.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/19/nyregion/19CELL.html
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