"The records show how many of the citizens of Hull were involved in defending the city, " she added.

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Taxpayers were asked how many hours they spent keeping records, deciphering the tax code and filing their 1983 tax forms.

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Barclays, for instance, has good figures on fraud in its credit-card business, but until recently it kept no records on how many times its dealers have breached trading controls.

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At trial, the court denied a Motion to Suppress but on appeal the Florida Supreme Court reversed, holding that in order to reach the level of probable cause, the State needed to demonstrate the reliability of Aldo through such factors as field-performance records showing how many times the dog had falsely alerted.

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For accidents, we used the U.S. Department of Transportation's Fatality Analysis Reporting System's records to calculate how many fatal car accidents each MSA had during 2005.

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Oh, and one last parting shot, just how many dollars did FINRA pay and how many days of suspension did FINRA serve when it submitted doctored records to the Securities and Exchange Commission?

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Part of the pain of doing our taxes is that it makes many of us realize just how disorganized our financial records have become.

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Computerized records will show, for instance, how many hard landings that plane experienced, how many times the cabin was pressurized and how much damage was caused when a catering truck ran into it on the tarmac.

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MacSpadden said that without the proper records, it's difficult for the bi-state agency to say how many officers may have missed portions of the 40-hour training or how many could prove recertification if documents were available.

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But it remains unclear how many years ago the mistake was made and why it was not noticed sooner, assuming his educational records were, in fact, recorded correctly when he joined the company.

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