1.  Currently, the US has 376 people on UN missions, ranking No. 14 in the world.

2.  Currently, the US imports $121 billion in merchandise good from Japan, while exporting $65 billion.

3.  Despite all previous acts as a walking (and running) international incident, Mac's time has surely arrived to lead the US out of a Cup mire.

4.  Despite outshooting Canada, 12-4, in the first period, the US could muster only a 1-1 tie by the buzzer.

5.  Despite the struggle to meet demand in the US, Apple Computer has begun selling the iMac in Japan.

6.  Despite acknowleding that the US was was relying on what they knew to be incomplete intelligence at the time, Rumsfeld Thursday refused to call the raids a mistake.

7.  Despite angry protests from the United States, Italy allowed him to flee before a US warrant for piracy and kidnapping could be served.

8.  DHEA has been widely publicized in the US as an antidote not only to stress but also to the whole ageing process.

9.  Despite its Olympic triumph, the US has yet to get past Canada for a world championship.

10.  Despite publicized suspicions in the US intelligence community that Iran was involved in the Khobar bombing, no certain conclusions were drawn and no punitive actions were ever taken.