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  Saturday  March 9  2002    12: 59 AM

Matter of Scale

U.S. military spending on the war in Afghanistan...
at least $2.5 billion

U.S. government spending on emergency humanitarian aid to Afghanistan...
$0.320 billion

Wholesale price, per pill, Bayer Corporation charges for the anthrax- fighting antibiotic Cipro...
$4.67

Approximate price that generic drugmakers say they could profitably charge for making the drug...
$0.40

thanks to Worldwatch