Some news, such as unemployment figures and the consumer price index, is relatively easy to distribute in numerical terms.

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It is "politically critical" that the United States indicate what it can do "in numerical terms" to reduce its climate impact, he added.

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China has also seen its share of global scientific output, as measured in scientific publications listed in the Science Citation Index (SCI), double between 2002 and 2008 from 5.2% to 10.6%, placing it second only to the USA in numerical terms.

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