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  • 41Numbers, Use of, in the Church — • No attentive reader of the Old Testament can fail to notice that a certain sacredness seems to attach to particular numbers . . . Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …

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  • 42numbers game — numbers ,game noun singular 1. ) a situation in which decisions are based on points or numbers, not on other qualities that may be more important 2. ) a LOTTERY, especially one organized illegally …

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  • 43numbers man — noun (US) Someone who runs a numbers game • • • Main Entry: ↑number …

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  • 44numbers runner — or number runner, U.S. a person who collects bets in a numbers game …

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  • 45Numbers (musique) — Numbers (Nummern en allemand) est une chanson du groupe allemand de musique électronique Kraftwerk. Elle apparaît sur l album Computer World (Computerwelt en allemand) en mai 1981. Elle est considérée comme une œuvre fondatrice, de par son… …

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  • 46Numbers station — Fictional example of a numbers station. Numbers stations (or number stations) are shortwave radio stations of uncertain origin. In the 1950s, Time magazine reported that the numbers stations first appeared shortly after World War II and were… …

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  • 47Numbers game — Cut number redirects here; cut number also refers to the codes used to identify pasta varieties. Numbers game, also known as a numbers racket, policy racket or Italian lottery, is an illegal lottery played mostly in poor neighborhoods in the… …

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  • 48Numbers and fractions — This entry deals with: • numbers, such as 4, 108, and 1,001 • Roman numerals, such as IV, XII, and XXXII • ordinal numbers, such as seventh , twenty first , and 63rd • fractions, decimals, and percentages, such as *41/2, 3.142, and 21% • ways of… …

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  • 49numbers and fractions — This entry deals with: • numbers, such as 4, 108, and 1,001 • Roman numerals, such as IV, XII, and XXXII • ordinal numbers, such as seventh , twenty first , and 63rd • fractions, decimals, and percentages, such as *41/2, 3.142, and 21% • ways of… …

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  • 50NUMBERS, TYPICAL AND IMPORTANT — Biblical numbers are primarily based on the decimal system, which is of Hamito Egyptian origin. The sexagesimal system, however, which ultimately derives from Sumerian usage, also plays an important role in Scripture, and since 60 is divisible by …

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