Fortunately he realised the comic potential of perfect numbers and carved out a career as comedian instead.

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We currently estimate the user decline to slow down in the coming years, but if Perfect World continues to cede ground to its competitors, the actual user numbers could fall much below our estimate, and this could mean a significant downside to our price estimate for Perfect World.

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Also, while the numbers may not allow for a perfect apples to apples comparison, they do reflect what each school chooses to show the federal government for purposes of proving their compliance with Title IX.

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That last feature, in particular, would make Transmeta's chip a perfect brain for the Internet appliances and handheld devices whose numbers are likely to explode in the years to come.

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The current numbers are for Q3 2012, and that creates the perfect storm.

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Based on the numbers, YCharts Pro gives the company strong marks for fundamentals and a perfect score for share price value.

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If you crush your employees for coming up with imprecise or divergent numbers, and honor them for hitting numbers precisely or being in perfect agreement, then your employees will do whatever it takes to achieve the latter.

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