On a blockbuster franchise like Iron Man, every point counts.

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Getting to the point counts.

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But at this point, every vote counts, every little bit counts.

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AMD's processors have always done well in integer performance, which is important for common business tasks, but have lagged in floating-point performance, which counts most in elaborate financial models, engineering, and games.

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Hastings takes Tilson on point-by-point, asserting that he is wrong on all counts.

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The extent of reform counts for much more than each country's starting point.

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All the same, when Mr Gore talked about America reaching a point where the path forks, he was right, on at least two counts.

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The whole point of awards shows is that no one knows who is going to win and the audience counts on that element of surprise to be part of a winner's speech, Wellman says.

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