Last season, he had eye-popping numbers (1,986 yards, 16 touchdowns), but the Wildcats lack a proven quarterback this season, and that may allow opposing defenses to put extra manpower upfront.

"This is the beginning of the administration presenting realistically eye-popping numbers to the American people," said Rachel Bronson, director of Middle East studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Those were not eye-popping numbers for Baker, who is hoping that the arbitrator Roger Kaplan will rule that his former employers, the Boston Celtics, should honor his $35 million contract.

The single biggest factor behind these eye-popping numbers are stock options, which typically vest over a period of years but in a merger can be cashed in immediately.

Princeton, which overcame a 22-point deficit to defeat Cornell, 32-25, in overtime on Saturday, does not put up eye-popping numbers on either side of the ball the way Penn does.

Another eye-popping number was the reported off-balance-sheet fair value of Allfirst's foreign exchange contracts, including forwards and options, at the end of 2000.

Led by new quarterback David Klingler, the Cougars' offense put up even more eye-popping numbers in the 1990 season than they had a year before.

That's an eye-popping number, of course, for the feverishly watched compensation at old Goldie.

Such eye-popping numbers, not to mention Big Pharma's massive marketing effort, have inevitably raised allegations of overprescribing.

The eye-popping number and diversity of fish are apparent as soon as you jump off the boat.