It took a century for the nation of tinkerers and basement inventors to be awarded the first million patents.
Total worldwide vehicle sales reached 2.2 million in the second quarter, slightly ahead of the 2 million sold in the first quarter, and stronger than the 1.9 million sold in last year's corresponding period.
We propose to use the surplus to buy a box of Crackerjacks for the first 3 million fans.
Stars form most easily from molecular hydrogen, but for the first few million years, most hydrogen would have been ionised into protons and electrons.
Each agreement is negotiated separately, but the firm generally gets the first several million of a settlement plus a percentage of any amount over that.
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It would be an enormous accomplishment for the Mac maker to ship that many iPads, as it took Apple roughly two years to sell the first 100 million units.
In "Spore, " players make choices that evolve a creature from single cell--you cover the first 20 million years pretty quickly--to planet-hopping spaceship pilot, all with Pixar-quality cartoon brilliance of critters and landscape.
The company reported that it had continued to grow its customer base, which peaked over 20 million for the first time with 3.1 million added, making the company the largest subscription-based video company in the U.S., behind Comcast, which is in final talks now to acquire NBC.
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In the first two years of that recovery, 7.6 million new jobs were created, on the way to 20 million jobs created during the first 7 years.
"Somebody" also marks the first time a song has sold over 5 million in the first half of a year, though Gotye's smash wasn't alone in that feat, joined by Fun.
Considine examines a scenario in which the world experiences a 5 million barrel per day loss of non-Saudi crude and responds with an SPR release of 90 million barrels per month for the first three months, 60 million barrels per month for the next two months, and 30 million barrels during the sixth month.
One of the first winners of the 1 million baht was a young man from the poor province of Buriram who could suddenly afford to marry his sweetheart.
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In the first quarter of 2013, IDC said its total tablet shipments came in at 2.7 million in the first quarter, ranking third behind Apple's 19.5 million and Samsung's 8.8 million.
The Korea Times story painted a scenario where Samsung was gradually tailing off its supply of LCDs to Apple over the course of this year, quoting a source as saying the Korean company had shipped 15 million displays to Apple in the first six months of 2012, but less than 3 million during the third quarter, which ended in September.
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The company reported that it shipped more than 21 million iPods in the first quarter and more than 1.6 million Macs.
Worldwide shipments of so-called media tablets into sales channels fell 28% in the first quarter of 2011 to 7.2 million units during the first quarter, according to tech tracker IDC.
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The sooner you get through that first million, the faster you get to the words worth sharing.
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Subscribers jumped to 83.1 million in the first quarter from 3.4 million a year earlier, while the number of bargains surged to 28.1 million from 1.8 million.
The total of more than five million units purchased during the first three days in stores compares with four million iPhone 4S units sold during that device's premiere weekend last year.
Another research firm, Juniper Analytics, estimates Samsung shipped 68 million smartphones during the first quarter, accounting for approximately 34% of the 200 million smartphones sold.
His projection is a significant increase from the actual 37.1% increase in the first half of 2007 to 58.2 million from 38.8 million reported in the first half of 2007.
Those songs were the first to ever cross the six million digital sales mark.
The Dark Knight was the first title to surpass the 1 million mark.
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This election marked the first time the nation of 25 million has used the new biometric voter identification system.
Hospitals in England admitted 1, 173, 386 patients for treatment for alcohol-related problems in 2010-11, NHS statistics show, up 9% on the 1, 056, 962 in 2009-10, the first time the figure topped 1 million.
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The arrival of the iPhone 5 will help the global smartphone market return to growth with projected shipments of 346.5 million in the second half of 2012, up from 272.3 million during the first six months of the year, as presented in Figure 1 attached.
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The Prada sold a million units and boasted the first touchscreen, but its more famous cousin, Apple's iPhone, has sold 13 million since its launch three months later, in June 2007, says Strategy Analytics research.
In April, the annualized rate dropped below 15 million for the first time in six months, causing some concern that the industry's recovery could be slowing.
Bayrou accused Sarkozy of lurching to the extreme right in the past two weeks of campaigning, as he attempts to appeal to the 6.5 million first-round supporters of the far-right National Front party, BFM-TV reported.
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In July, just over 1.0 million vehicles were sold, bringing the total to approximately 10.0 million vehicles through the first seven months.
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