21.  Cuba has about 3,000 people who are HIV positive, which is a low percentage for a country of 12 million.

22.  Cuba's prisons hold about 350 political detainees in appalling conditions.

23.  CUC International and Signature Group both make money only from their annual fees of about $50 per card, Callaghan said.

24.  CUC on its own has been growing per-share earnings by about 25 percent a year, he said.

25.  Cuccia, who gave his last press interview about 30 years ago, has never commented on his activities at the bank during the war.

26.  Cuervo's sales put it far ahead of its closest tequila competitor, Sauza, which sold about 700,000 cases.

27.  Culligan said the company is continuing work on about 24 other major naval weapons such as the Tomahawk cruise missile.

28.  Der Speigel magazine reported that Fokker's bankruptcy is nearly certain, and that it will cost Daimler about 2.5 billion marks.

29.  Derby winner Monarchos finished sixth, failing about as badly in the Preakness as Point Given had in the Derby (fifth).

30.  Derek Malcolm, a well-known British critic, said: "He gets nearer to what the book was about.