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  • "The U.S., now the number-three producer, could reclaim the title of number-one oil producer in the world."

    Exxon Sees Global Shale Boom Isabel Ordonez 2011

  • “Abbeville, South Carolina, was a strange little place at that time,” McMellar said, known as the number-one lynching town.

    THE REAL PEPSI CHALLENGE Stephanie Capparell 2007

  • Getting touched by God is the number-one gift we can ever receive.

    The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010

  • Now for some secrets: the main character in Carrie was actually based on two girls Stephen King knew in high school; for the first fifteen years of his career, he was an alcoholic and a cocaine addict; he remembers nothing about writing Cujo; in Misery he is the writer and the number-one fan, Annie Wilkes, is all his problems, including the drugs and alcohol.

    2010 March 25 « The BookBanter Blog 2010

  • For example, Saudi Arabia is America's number-one Middle East chum -- a relationship currently less strained than the Obama administration's relationship with Israel, despite the fact that Israeli women can become prime minister while Saudi women can't drive.

    Cody Gault: Obama in Libya: The Horror! The Horror! Cody Gault 2011

  • Now, he says, it's the number-one revenue generator for his business.

    Kirk Cheyfitz: The Next Big Media Battle: Publishers vs. Ad Agencies Kirk Cheyfitz 2011

  • Now, he says, it's the number-one revenue generator for his business.

    Kirk Cheyfitz: The Next Big Media Battle: Publishers vs. Ad Agencies Kirk Cheyfitz 2011

  • Now for some secrets: the main character in Carrie was actually based on two girls Stephen King knew in high school; for the first fifteen years of his career, he was an alcoholic and a cocaine addict; he remembers nothing about writing Cujo; in Misery he is the writer and the number-one fan, Annie Wilkes, is all his problems, including the drugs and alcohol.

    “On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft” by Stephen King (Scribner, 2000) « The BookBanter Blog 2010

  • For example, Saudi Arabia is America's number-one Middle East chum -- a relationship currently less strained than the Obama administration's relationship with Israel, despite the fact that Israeli women can become prime minister while Saudi women can't drive.

    Cody Gault: Obama in Libya: The Horror! The Horror! Cody Gault 2011

  • For example, Saudi Arabia is America's number-one Middle East chum -- a relationship currently less strained than the Obama administration's relationship with Israel, despite the fact that Israeli women can become prime minister while Saudi women can't drive.

    Cody Gault: Obama in Libya: The Horror! The Horror! Cody Gault 2011

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