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Given the wealth that Arab countries have accrued through hydrocarbon sales, if they are purchasing Facebook shares for its utility as a propaganda vehicle, then a value of eighty to over a hundred dollars a share is a realistic possibly.
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One had badly worsening heart disease and diabetes, and medical bills over two years in excess of eighty thousand dollars.
NEWYORKER: The Hot Spotters
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Last year, at Texas Motor Speedway, Michael McDowell hit an oil slick, slammed head first into the wall at a hundred and eighty miles per hour, flipped over and over, leaving much of his car in pieces on the track, and, when the vehicle finally came to a stop, crawled out of the wreckage and walked away.
NEWYORKER: Offensive Play
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When Beattie Ashmore, the court-appointed receiver, took over operations in June 2012, he discovered that only eighty-five 1000-ounce silver bars had been purchased since 2009, and of that minimal quantity, only sixty-four bars remained.
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Eighty per cent of breast cancers occur in women over the age of fifty.
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Eighty-five percent said that "student growth over the course of the academic year" should be a factor in how their performance is measured.
WSJ: Bill and Melinda Gates on Teacher Evaluation
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Eighty percent of the non-profits verynice has helped over the years are entirely comprised of a volunteer staff that have full-time jobs elsewhere.
FORBES: Connect
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Eighty percent of the CEOs said they are looking to cut costs over the next three years.
FORBES: Confidence Up, Jobs Lag
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When I last spoke with Adrian, over Skype, I asked him to confirm that he was also known as Eighty-one.
NEWYORKER: Bring Up the Bodies
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The 2011 Budget Control Act, which raised the debt ceiling and created both the fiscal cliff and a Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, which was supposed to find a way to steer clear of it, required four hundred and eighty-seven billion dollars in cuts to military spending, spread over the next ten years.
NEWYORKER: The Force