On the size of Winogrand's archive: I don't think that anyone will ever make a precise count of all of the film that he shot.
That means the campaign can forgo the typical requirement to individually record each check he delivers, making a precise count of the value of his efforts impossible.
Although Westchester doesn't have a precise count of the warren of potholes we seem to drive over, New York City's transportation commission said that from October through February, there were 26,000 potholes in the five boroughs.
The story did not depend on a precise count of the young ladies' pictures on the dresser, and we fear that the U.P. in its enthusiasm for details, may inadvertently have got its law student into a terrible jam.
Tyler's Landing is a place where local residents are quick to declare that they have "nothing against the coloreds" but nonetheless keep a precise count of how many African-American families live in their community.
A precise count of failed implants reported to the F.D.A. is hard to come by because of the agency's overlapping reporting system, though The Times sought to eliminate duplicate reports about the same incident.
Based on the data inventory we have a precise count of mobile base stations (1,238).
Obtaining a precise count of bald eagles population is extremely difficult.
Our census is partial as it does not give a precise count of the null triads (unconnected trios).
But the reports from the first few weeks turned out to be high by a factor of two, making it quite clear that even the apparently precise counting of fatalities from a single event can only be estimated within a range of error.
