Elvis

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EVENTS (2)

Jan 2004	Ratio of the first month's sales of the new Elvis 2nd to None album to those of the last album released in Presley's lifetime : 3:1	Harper's Index Source: Nielsen SoundScan (White Plains, N.Y.)/Ernst Jorgensen (Morkov, Denmark)
Jan 2003	Factor by which the number of Americans who have "tried to impersonate Elvis" exceeds the population of Tennessee: 3	Harper's Index Source: Harris Interactive (Rochester, N.Y.)/U.S. Census Bureau

April 28, 2005	An ivory-billed woodpecker, thought extinct for over fifty years, was spotted in Arkansas. “It is kind of like finding Elvis,” said a representative of the Audubon Society.	Weekly Review By Paul Ford Source: BBC News
December 29, 2004	Water saved from a cup Elvis sipped from sold for $455 on eBay,	Weekly Review By Arno Kopecky Source: Reuters

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