to "run numbers"

[Wilson Gray]

On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 4:27 PM, paul johnson <paulzjoh at mtnhome.com> wrote:
> the only person who ever 'ran the
> numbers' was an accountant.

Yes. That's why the boy had potential. He didn't even need pad or
pencil to handle the task.

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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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