Among what arithmeticians refer to as the very small numbers (one, two, three, four, five, etc.), number inflation is detectable only with fine scientific instruments.

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Now there's - one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, a hundred?

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If the essence of quality soccer is the "one-two, " the equivalent of basketball's give-and-go, the Germans have become the masters of the one-two-three-four-and-five.

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Rubenstein, asked afterward if he meant there would be no equity deals in 2008, said that there will be "plenty of one-, two-, three- , four-, and even five-billion dollar deals, " but that the bigger ones have become much more difficult.

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Typical is the Bay Estate on Corfu, a compound of three patrician villas (two with five bedrooms, one with four) plus infinity pool and tennis court on a five-acre promontory overlooking the Bay of Kaminaki, with the mountains of Albania in the distance.

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It was the "Five, four, three, two, one, Thunderbirds are go, " for the opening sequence of the TV series.

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Since the last rule change in 2003, the top eight finishers earned 10, eight, six, five, four, three, two and one point respectively.

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Five, four, three, two, one -- (applause.) There you go.

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Peek inside the backpack of Zhou Tao, a middle school student at Beijing's Shijingshan school, and you'll find four grammar texts, three math texts, one chemistry book, two books on physics, five on English, three on political science, not to mention an array of extracurricular and tutorial books.

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