The length of a meeting rises with the square of the number of people present.

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But the government's Chief Medical Officer, Professor Liam Donaldson, has claimed that, because of the huge number of people don't bother to present with their symptoms, the number is far higher.

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To stand any chance of winning an election, the Tories must first persuade a large number of people to consider voting for them who at present have entirely ruled out that possibility.

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Unlike the Tories, the present government is more concerned about the number of people who are employed, rather than the official level of unemployment.

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We do have quite a number of people present, but we--in spite of the numbers, we do want you to feel as comfortable as possible because I think we--everyone present today has an interest in getting to the truth of this matter, and so as best as you can, we would appreciate your answers in a--in a truthful and a fashion that you can recall.

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Professors Laurence Cole and Sigi Rotmensch at Yale University School of Medicine said the false-positive results of the tests were due to the presence of human antibodies, called heterophil antibodies, which are present in a large number of people who do not have cancer.

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In its present state, the individual mandate reduces the number of uninsured from 50 million to 26 million people.

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And as to your point, I think disclosure will help people understand the real values so that you put a number on what you think the current present value of this asset is, based on the probability of holding it to maturity.

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