The IRS has come to count on them doing this.

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Alas, we cant count on our governments doing so.

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The Bible's exact word count depends on who is doing the tallying, but multiple sources put the King James version at around 788, 000 words or more.

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Official figures on tick numbers aren't available yet, but the authorities are sufficiently worried to be doing a count.

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