If the risk is one in a million, do you still risk being the parent of that one?

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So think about this: Even if you're one in a million, on a planet of 6.8 billion that means there are nearly 7, 000 people just like you.

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In downtown Manhattan, you can get a great one-bedroom for a million, says Sean Turner, a broker with high-end real estate agency Stribling and Associates.

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If you bought one of the 250 million iPhones sold in the last five years, chances are you downloaded a flashlight app.

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Mr. ASTON-REESE: Were talking, you know, hundred million, 500 million, a billion in one issuance.

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As a lot of people before me have done, I ask you to consider people who are the kinds of one-in-a-million game-changers who rewrite history.

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One million US dollars will be made out to you as a Bank cheque or will be held in an escrow account if you desire.

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But if you look at data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) you get a much different picture, one in which Saudi Arabia currently produces about 1.2 million barrels a day more than Russia.

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