In the same period, foreign firms have doubled capacity in America from 1.9m to over 4m.
The number of patents granted has risen from 900, 000 in 1985 to 1.9m in 2008.
Others spoke of flames that were 30ft (9m) high, and trees that looked like firecrackers.
They found an average slip of 10m - very similar to the forecasted data of 11.9m.
They have doubled capacity in America from 1.9m vehicles a year in 1990 to over 4m.
The result last year ranged from SwFr5.3m to SwFr44.9m for the winners, Real Madrid.
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According to the Census Bureau, 48.9m people, 18% of all Americans, have some kind of disability.
The destruction of the road and sea wall at Perelle came during a 9.9m (32ft) tide.
Of a national workforce of over 400m, only about 9m are in the private organised sector.
Relax, at No 7 sold 2m copies, while She Loves You has sold 1.9m.
Barclaycard, which has more than 9m customers, charges most of them 17.9% on overdue balances.
And with 9m people owing more than their house is worth, that figure is likely to soar.
Figures for BBC local radio in England showed an increase of 209, 000 listeners a week to 6.9m.
It's the Candle in the Wind tribute, which sold 4.9m copies, according to the Official Charts Company.
Mr Wells, a former soldier, was injured in the 9m (30ft) fall into just 1m (3ft) of water.
At one point, between 2045 and 2100 GMT, an average of 31.9m people were watching a television programme.
Compared to last year, however, its viewing figures dropped slightly - from an average of 10.9m to 10.7m.
The census of 1871 showed that Britain had 1.9m servants, of whom 93, 000 were cooks and 75, 000 nursemaids.
France has had to melt down 9m ten-cent coins, after the European Blind Union said they were confusing.
Ulster Bank has 1.9m customers in Northern Ireland, the Irish Republic and other parts of the United Kingdom.
This week, it slashed its target to 2.9m, not much more than the 2.5m it sold last year.
In 1996, 14.4m Americans had an income of less than half the poverty threshold, compared with 13.9m in 1995.
Fifa insisted 2.2m of the 2.9m World Cup tickets have already been sold despite reports of slow ticket sales.
It has around 9m members (mostly housewives), almost 1.3m of whom are abroad.
Earlier estimates suggested a pandemic could cause 89, 000-207, 000 deaths in America, but a draft plan leaked recently suggested 1.9m.
In Senegal, for example, the annual number of condoms used rose from 800, 000 in 1988 to 9m in 1997.
The number of Americans receiving them has risen sharply, from 24.9m in September 2007 to 33.2m in March this year.
Having overpaid 1.9m recipients in one year, the Inland Revenue then attempted to claw the money back the following year.
Morgan Stanley, a bank, reckons that shale-oil production will increase nearly fivefold by 2016 (to around 1.9m barrels a day).
Mr Thompson said the current level of the Derwent was 16ft (4.9m) and well below the height of the defences.
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