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1. How many fingers do you have? I have eight fingers. 2. You have eight fingers? Eight fingers and two thumbs. 3. How many brothers does Ryan have? He has four (brothers). 4. How many students in your class? Thirty-five, including me. 5. How old is

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By Nico Colombant World Health Organization officials say the northern Nigerian state of Kano will start a catch-up polio immunization campaign Saturday, ending an 11-month religious-led boycott. The

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Grammar Girl here. Since this is my 100th episode, it seems like a fitting time to talk about how to use numbers in sentences. [Note: There are many exceptions to the rules about how to write numbers. These tips will point you in the right direction,

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by Jason Marshall Do you remember your very first encounter with numbers? No, I dont either. But I imagine it might have involved someone pointing to each of my fingers in turn, and with great fanfare, counting aloud: One, Two, Three, Four, Five! And

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By Julie Donnelly Washington 12 June 2007 A new self-help craze is sweeping the United States called The Secret. Like many other personal development programs, it aims to harness the power of positive thinking. Julie Donnelly has more from Washington

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By Paula Wolfson Washington 11 July 2006 President Bush makes remarks on the mid-session review in the East Room of the White House, July 11, 2006 The Bush administration says the U.S. budget deficit for this year will be much less than expected. Th

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By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 16 October 2006 Ly Tong, center, a South Vietnamese air force veteran who later became a US citizen, talks to reporters at Criminal Court in Bangkok, September 7, 2006 A small but growing number of dissidents in Vietnam is c

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By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 19 March 2007 Tuberculosis until a few years ago was off the informal list of priority diseases because it could be prevented and it could be cured. Now, as the world marks Tuberculosis Day, the disease is causing alarm be

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By Steve Mort Fort Lauderdale, Florida 05 April 2007 Watch Venezuelans in US The number of Venezuelans settling in the United States is growing. Experts say the reelection in December of leftist President Hugo Chavez has triggered a wave of migratio

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Maria was learning to add numbers. She liked to add numbers. It was easy to add numbers. She could add one and one. She knew that one and one are two. She knew that two and two are four. She knew that three and three are six. But that was it. She did

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Nigeria, sub-Saharan Africa's second biggest equities market after South Africa has long been an attraction for emerging market investors. But the Nigerian stock exchange has slumped to record levels in the past few months, making it one of the wors

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For Bill Campbell, it was particularly tough. He was fond of Jobs and didn't particularly like Sculley. 对于比尔坎贝尔来说，这个抉择尤为艰难。他很欣赏乔布斯，但并不是特别欣赏斯卡利。 His voice quavered a bit as

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