So after work every day for about three months I went to the public library, on Forty-second Street, and read everything I could about real estate.

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The movie was shot at forty-eight frames per second, so we get to see every hair of every beard.

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The second forty-something manager to win promotion, and the most surprising appointee, is Geoff Hoon, the new defence secretary.

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Forty-four years later, the 21st official film in the second most lucrative movie franchise in history (after "Star Wars") has made its London premiere.

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Forty-five years later, the 91-year-old devout Baptist remains CEO of the second largest fried chicken chain in the country -- only KFC is bigger.

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