Percentage of lawyers who ran · · · · · 

ked reliability and trust as the most important factors in winning repeat business from clients, according to a survey developed by Robert Half Legal: 45

Percentage who said their relationship with the client: 20

Percentage who said "industry-specific knowledge": 14

Percentage who said bill rates: 7

Source: Robert Half International

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Estimated number of breeds in FAO's global database of farm animal genetic resources, according to the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations: 7,600

Number of breeds that have become extinct in the past 15 years: 190

Number of breeds that are considered at risk of extinction: 1,500

Estimated number of breeds of cattle, goats, pigs, horses and poultry that have been lost over the last five years: 60

Source: FAO

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Percentage of all knowledge workers — individuals who use a computer at work for word processing, database, spreadsheet, Internet or e-mail applications — who say that having constant access to technology means that they are always reachable, according to a study commissioned by Lexmark and conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs: 85

Percentage of knowledge workers who read, send, make or take work-related communications in nonwork situations: 92

Percentage who still tune in to the office while on vacation: 45

Percentage who have interrupted a date for work purposes: 20

Source: Ipsos-Reid Public Affairs

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Percentage of all U.S. adults who say they are not "absolutely certain" there is a God, according to a Harris Poll conducted online by Harris Interactive: 42

Percentage of adults who think of God as male: 36

Percentage of adults who think of God as female: 1

Source: Harris Interactive

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John MacIntyre has been writing Figuratively Speaking since 1989. You can contact him by e-mail at johnmacintyre@bwr.eastlink.ca.