The researcher then instructs the audience watching the video to count only the number of passes between the white-shirted students in a one-minute time frame.

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These tests showed an elevated white cell count - one of the criteria that would indicate severe sepsis.

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Their best-known experiment involved asking viewers to watch a brief video of people passing basketballs and to count the total number of times the players wearing white passed the ball.

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Even George W. Bush can't count on a free pass from Senator No if he wins the White House.

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White could count himself fortunate to only receive a yellow card, and Goode swiftly joined him in the sin-bin for a high tackle on Brian O'Driscoll.

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Bush won the White House after an unprecedented post-election battle in Florida, where he and rival Al Gore clashed over the count of thousands of disputed presidential ballots.

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