Though the number of people flowing in and out of our metropolitan areas each day has increased tremendously since World War 2,, total annual rail commutation dropped 124 million for 1947 to 1957.

In 1966, the number of babies born in Japan dropped by over 25 % as parents tried to avoid the stigma of having a daughter born in the hinoeuma year.

Because of a wine glut ( wine lake ) in the generic production, the price squeeze induced by an increasingly strong international competition, and vine pull schemes, the number of growers has recently dropped from 14, 000 and the area under vine has also decreased significantly.

The number of sugar mills dropped and efficiency increased, with only companies and the most powerful plantation owners owning them.

It was the same fleet that had bombed Pearl Harbor, though a considerably larger number of bombs were dropped on Darwin than on Pearl Harbor.

This led to the addition of the number sign (#, sometimes called ' octothorpe ,' ' pound ' or ' diamond ' in this context-' hash ' or ' gate ' in the UK ) and asterisk or " star " (*) keys as well as a group of keys for menu selection: A, B, C and D. In the end, the lettered keys were dropped from most phones, and it was many years before these keys became widely used for vertical service codes such as * 67 in the United States of America and Canada to suppress caller ID.

Schaffner, assuming the note contained a lonely businessman's phone number, dropped it unopened into her purse.

For a number of years this volunteer led festival has concentrated mostly around film but, starting in the Year of Highland Culture-Highland 2007, its scope was widened, and it dropped the ' film ' from its title.

However, in the wake of the bad publicity and lawsuits, the number of users on Kazaa Lite has dropped dramatically.

Around 1760 the university reputation dropped as the number of students fell below 200, most of whom hailed from around the province.

It was less powerful than " Fat Man ", which was dropped on Nagasaki ( 21 – 23 kt ). However, the damage and the number of victims at Hiroshima were much higher, as Hiroshima was on flat terrain, while the hypocenter of Nagasaki lay in a small valley.

Membership in both the Bolshevik and Menshevik ranks diminished from 1907 to 1908 and the number of people taking part in strikes in 1907 was 26 percent of the figure during the year of the revolution in 1905, it dropped in 1908 to 6 percent of that figure, and in 1910 it was 2 percent of that figure.

Potok revealed that in 1996 there were approximately 858 domestic militias and other antigovernment groups but the number had dropped to 152 by 2004.

At the same time, the number of landline phones dropped by 828, 000 within the span of two months to a total of 284. 3 million.

Despite having completely dropped out of the public eye for five years after the gold-selling Test for Echo ( which peaked at number 5 on the Billboard 200 ) and the band being relegated almost solely to classic rock stations in the U. S., Vapor Trails reached No. 6 on the Billboard 200 chart in its first week of release in 2002 with 108, 000 albums sold.

The total number of Rifle Corps started at 62 on 22 June 1941, dropped to six by 1 January 1942, but then increased to 34 by February 1943, and 161 by New Year's Day 1944.

For example, Iowa State University reports the number of hog farmers in Iowa dropped from 65, 000 in 1980 to 10, 000 in 2002, while the number of hogs per farm increased from 200 to 1, 400.

For example, the old style telephone exchanges required Make-before-break so that the connection didn't get dropped while dialing the number.

For a number of years both Tolka Row and The Riordans were produced by RTÉ, soon however the urban soap was dropped for the more popular rural soap opera The Riordans – which began in 1965.

The number of Serbs in Kosovo dropped drastically as Serbs fled Kosovo, fearing persecution by the KLA which had integrated into the Kosovo security force called KFOR.

Formal instruction was also very popular ; however, the number of people educated using a planned curriculum at home dropped as public education grew in popularity during the 1900s.

Egg whites were dropped in a glass of water, and the shapes foretold the number of future children.

The biblical Book of Job ( dating to the 6th to 4th century BC ) also makes reference to a number of constellations, including " bier ", " fool " and " heap " ( Job 9: 9, 38: 31-32 ), rendered as " Arcturus, Orion and Pleiades " by the KJV, but ` Ayish " the bier " actually corresponding to Ursa Major.

The armed forces number 38, 000-40, 000 personnel in ground, air, and naval forces.

At the same time liberal democracies i. e. countries Freedom House regards as free and respectful of basic human rights and the rule of law are 85 in number and represent 38 percent of the global population.

The total number of degree confluences is 64, 442, of which 21, 543 are on land, 38, 409 on water, and 4, 490 on the Antarctic and Arctic ice caps.

After ethnic quotas on immigration were removed in 1965 the number of actual ( first-generation ) immigrants living in the United States eventually quadrupled, from 9. 6 million in 1970 to about 38 million in 2007.

Botham's batting – although never the equal of his bowling abilities – declined as well, with a batting average of 38. 80 for his first 51 Tests substantially higher than the 28. 87 he managed in his last 51 Tests, again a number that would be considered unsatisfactory for a specialist batsman in most Test sides.

This approximately doubled the allocated number of ships to 38 battleships, 20 armoured cruisers, 38 light cruisers.

The number of hard drug addicts has stabilized in the past few years and their average age has risen to 38 years, which is generally seen as a positive trend.

Pius XII chose not to name new cardinals during World War II, and the number of cardinals shrank to 38, with Dennis Joseph Dougherty of Philadelphia being the only living U. S. cardinal.

Strontium ( ) is a chemical element with symbol Sr and atomic number 38.

In Gaul negotiations helped him to move unmolested except for the Battle of Rhone Crossing where a force of the Allobroges unsuccessfully tried to oppose his 38, 000 infantry ( that number may exclude light infantry ), 8, 000 cavalry, and 37 war elephants from the other shore.

As the airport's current facilities could not serve more than 2. 5 million passengers per year and the number of passengers is rapidly growing ( 38. 2 % in year 2011 ), the new terminal for discount airlines will be built.

A 2008 study of presidential rankings for The Times placed Harding at number 34 and a 2009 C-SPAN survey ranked Harding at 38.

The maximal number of teeth is 38 with dentition formula:, but over half of the teeth are rudimentary and occur with less than 50 % frequency, such that a typical dentition includes only 18 teeth

According to FAO statistics, the total number of commercial fishermen and fish farmers is estimated to be 38 million.

" Nevertheless, Nigeria has earned a reputation as being at the epicenter of email scammers, and the number, " 419 ", refers to the article of the Nigerian Criminal Code ( part of Chapter 38: " Obtaining Property by false pretences ; Cheating ") dealing with fraud.

Spanish and French boar specimens have 36 chromosomes, as opposed to wild boar in the rest of Europe which possess 38, the same number as domestic pigs.

A 2008 study by Men's Health and Women's Health magazines found Salt Lake City to be the healthiest city for women by looking at 38 different factors, including cancer rates, air quality and the number of gym memberships.

Since the liberalization of immigration policy in 1965, the number of first-generation immigrants living in the United States has quadrupled, from 9. 6 million in 1970, to about 38 million in 2007.

Convocation passed only 39 of the 42, and Elizabeth I reduced the number to 38 by throwing out Article XXIX to avoid offending her subjects with Catholic leanings.

In France, the myth was the subject of a play by Jean Giraudoux, Amphitryon 38 ( 1929 ), the number in the title being Giraudoux's whimsical approximation of how many times the story had been told onstage previously.

The second single from Fashion Nugget, a cover of the Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris song " I Will Survive ", hit number 38 on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart.