At a drawing, a machine coughs up a number of balls with numbers printed on them.

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The Public Services Department said the numbers printed on plastic packaging were often unclear or too small to read.

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When we picked up our number bibs the day before the race, we noticed our first names were printed on them right above our numbers.

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There's no skill involved other than the ability to keep up - in the UK version of the game players listen intently for the random numbers between one and 90 printed on their card to be called out.

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As for Lady Mary and her American mother, there were gorgeous silk satin fuchsia gowns, beaded Art Deco numbers and a luscious ocelot-printed coat.

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Most newspapers printed dispatches sent by wire services such as the Associated Press, which extrapolated widespread fear from small numbers of scattered, anecdotal accounts.

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