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The Book of Numbers is so named because of God's command to Moses that he should count the Israelites in preparation for war.
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The Black Book of Communism numbers the murdered at more than 100 million.
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Organisers have invited a representative from the Guinness Book of Records to record the numbers of C5s at the event.
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Lest you wonder if Her Majesty checks the credentials on her cosmic hires, Rees is also the author of Just Six Numbers, a well-regarded book on the fundamental rules governing the origin and development of the universe.
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In the bottom-right corner, you'll still find the percentage of the book you've read thus far (we still prefer actual page numbers -- though you can access those in the menu).
ENGADGET: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite review
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Subscribers to White's research reports--a separate business from his management operation--each month receive in the mail a fat book with hundreds of pages of nothing but numbers, including price and valuation data on more than 2, 500 stocks, along with his analysts' recommendations.
FORBES: One ratio does not fit all
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In his book The Highland Clearances, Prof Eric Richards said the resettling of large numbers of people in a relatively short space of time caused dislocation, "psychic wounds" and a "sense of wrong" that was passed down generations.
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However, with no companies in the space reporting second quarter book values yet, investors have to estimate current premiums based on first quarter numbers and the performance of mortgage backed securities over the last three months.
FORBES: REIT Secondary Watch List: NLY, CYS, HTS, AGNC
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Bryan Routledge, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business in Pittsburgh, cautioned that the Beige Book contains anecdotal information about business trends, not hard numbers.
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