His ideal number is three kinds of finger sandwiches and three to five types of desserts.

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Photos, status messages, and friendships from years ago that once would have required a finger-numbing number of clicks to discover now come easily to the surface.

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While many are pointing the finger toward the number of lower-tier Google (GOOG) Android-powered devices from the likes of Samsung, LG, HTC, and others hitting the market as the culprit, the data shows that a number of markets have high smartphone penetration levels, particularly in the U.S. and Western Europe.

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The world number 24 was nursing a broken finger and lost her singles match with Kaia Kanepi on Sunday.

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In the forwards, captain Sergio Parisse has allayed fears that a dislocated finger would keep him out of action and starts at number eight.

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Amla was unfortunate to be given out - Daryl Harper rose his finger despite Pattinson's delivery looking set to miss leg stump - but the number three was delighted with how day two turned out for South Africa.

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The match is struck the second outsiders learn of a betrothal: A bride-to-be, especially, becomes public property and an age-old archetype and she is expected to fire off, on command, the event date and location, number of guests, maker of dress and, by golly, she had better loft that ring finger for inspection.

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The firestorm that supposedly led to the impending collapse of E3 may have been brought on by a number of large exhibitors jumping ship, which caused smaller companies to do the same (we'll save the finger pointing for now).

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