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173 more doc.u.ments, articles, and books in one day

Ibid.

174 Seventy-five percent of the web pages translated

Personal correspondence with Franz Och, Google.

175 Chinese language users of the Internet

Matt Silverman, "China: The World's Largest Online Population," Mashable, April 10, 2012, http://mashable.com/2012/04/10/china-largest-online-population/; David Teegham, "Chinese to Be Most Popular Language on the Internet," Discovery News, January 2, 2011, http://news.discovery.com/tech/chinese-to-be-most-popular-language-on-internet.html.

176 once vested in its national government

U.S. Department of State, "Background Note: Belgium," March 22, 2012, http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2874.htm.

177 an "a.s.sembly of men"

Thomas Hobbes, "Of the Natural Condition of Mankind as Concerning Their Felicity and Misery," The Leviathan, 1651; ibid., "Of the Rights of Sovereign by Inst.i.tution."

178 1,500 years ago between the Western and Eastern Roman empires

"Bosnia and Hercegovina," Lonely Planet, 2008, http://www.lonelyplanet.com/shop_pickandmix/previews/mediterranean-europe-8-bosnia-hercegovina-preview.pdf.

179 went to the disputed territory of Kosovo

Barney Petrovic, "Serbia Recalls an Epic Defeat," Guardian, June 29, 1989.

180 launched genocidal violence against both Bosnians and Croats

Ibid.

181 20 percent of all land in the world, putting 150 million people

"The United States Becomes a World Power," Digital History, http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook_print.cfm?smtid=2&psid=3158; Saul David, "Slavery and the 'Scramble for Africa,' " BBC, February 17, 2011, http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/abolition/scramble_for_africa_article_01.shtml.

182 nineteen of the forty-three known terrorist groups

Lieutenant Colonel David A. Haupt, U.S. Air Force, "Narco-Terrorism: An Increasing Threat to U.S. National Security," Joint Forces Staff College, Joint Advanced Warfighting School, 2009.

183 larger than the national economies of 163 of the world's 184 nations

Ibid.

184 Hundreds of thousands died unnecessarily, $3 trillion was wasted

Joseph E. Stiglitz and Linda J. Bilmes, The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict (New York: Norton, 2008).

185 amount of television watched and the decline of support for fundamentalism

Mansoor Moaddel and Stuart A. Karabenick, "Religious Fundamentalism among Young Muslims in Egypt and Saudi Arabia," Social Forces 86, no. 4 (June 2008).

186 popularity of its movies and television programs

Thomas Seibert, "Turkey Has a Star Role in More Than Just TV Drama," National, February 8, 2012.

187 decline in the number of people killed in wars

Joshua S. Goldstein, Winning the War on War: The Decline of Armed Conflict Worldwide (New York: Dutton/Penguin, 2011), pp. 56.

188 decline in the number of wars in every category

Ibid.

189 "by arbitration under International Law"