Trying to go to bed early in preparation for my 7:10 flight in the morning, I saw a strange number calling my cell phone.

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The only way a measurable amount of EM energy makes it to a critical system is via a number of strange and highly improbable coincidences.

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Although this path may seem strange, there are a number of CIOs and CTOs whose first role in IT were as the senior-most position in the department.

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Stevens said he and Strange worked alongside each other for a number of years at a film production company, Silverscreen.

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Wales number eight Andy Powell signing for Wasps was a strange one - nobody expected that - but Shaun Edwards knows him really well from the Wales set-up and Powell will certainly know what he's signed up to.

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Perhaps it just goes to show that in business, strange things happen - like a rubber boot maker becoming mobile phone company number one.

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For the famed business leader to take part in the company's earnings call is strange enough, as he acknowledged after being introduced in the meeting Monday. (Apple broke a number of its sales records this quarter.) But his comments were even more unexpected.

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Stanley Cup finals telecasts involving Detroit, Boston, Pittsburgh or Chicago are pretty much a lock to draw 4.5 million viewers, which is a big number for hockey in the U.S. "Within the hockey universe, fans have this strange ability to look at the matchups and find their reasons to watch, " said Jay Rosenstein, the former vice president of programming at CBS Sports.

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