Back in the 1920's, this region produced 80 percent of the world's copper.

"And 20 percent can come from other Long Island produce."

But 55 percent of the new accounts, he said, are producing a higher return for Merrill than that.

Yet the fact was that only 3 percent of them produced human disease; the rest were either harmless or beneficial.

According to the association, 70 percent of the country's wineries produce fewer than 10,000 cases a year.

Only 1 percent of shows produced in the 80's measured up.

Each penny, or one percent, produces $120 million a year in income for the county.

About 7 percent of the electricity produced nationally comes from independents.

More than 70 percent of all feature films produced before the 1920's no longer exist, institute officials said.

Eighty percent of its industry produces for the military, and one in every four workers is employed by these industries.