Numbers

By Melissa August, Amanda Bower, Val Castronovo, Matthew Cooper, Randy Hartwell, Daniel S. Levy, Ellin Martens, Josh Tyrangiel and Rebecca Winters

144 Number of sex shops operating in New York City in 1998

142 Number of sex shops operating in New York City in 2001, 2 1/2 years after a mayoral initiative to shut down one-third of all "adult" businesses within a year

$2.85 million Cost of Bill and Hillary Clinton's new home off Embassy Row in Washington

$4 million Estimated amount they still owe their lawyers for Whitewater and other legal matters

10,000 Number of tests the convenience-store chain 7-Eleven said it performed on its computer systems to make sure they were Y2K compliant

1901 Year shown on 7-Eleven's registers last week

$3.29 Price of the "old size" 14.5-oz. bag of Tostitos

$3.29 Price of the "new size" 13.5-oz. bag of Tostitos

SOURCES: New York Times; Washington Post; Associated Press; New York Times