On the second day of the operation, the local police, who were supposed to show up at seven, were forty minutes late and, when they finally arrived, there were only a few of them.

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How did Taylor arrive at forty-seven and a half tons for Bethlehem Steel?

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Peeters found a six years reduction in life expectancy at age forty for obese men, and seven years for obese women, compared to non-obese people.

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He was forty-six at the time, and built like Anderson: five feet seven, about two hundred pounds.

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Forty-seven million Americans have metabolic syndrome, which means they have at least three risk factors for heart disease and diabetes.

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So he took a job forty miles away, at Plastipak, the plastics manufacturer, where he made seven-fifty an hour inspecting Gatorade bottles and Crisco containers as they came out of the stamping machines.

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Forty seven of them, drawn equally from the Catholic and Protestant community, will begin their training at the weekend.

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