Each day, he changed the number on the count.
That changed the number of people who were considered to be living in rural areas.
It shaped the narrative and it changed the number of lines a character needed.
One number has barely changed: the number of medallion yellow cabs, which is set by the city government.
"I still don't think we have changed the number of children walking," says Rørholt, "and I hope that we will.
Taking her blue pencil to the text, Sanders changed the number to a "better-sounding" 2.3percentnt.
She suspected the information might have been gleaned from her mobile phone, so she changed the number several times.
The routines are different, his place in the batting order has changed, the number of hits is down significantly, and even the route to the stadium has changed.
"We know they've had to make some adjustments in order to allow the U.S. team to prepare for the Olympics," Adubato said yesterday in a telephone interview from Orlando, Fla. "But it hasn't changed the number of games.
"We've changed the number of stocks we make markets in as a response to changes in market conditions and opportunities," said Jeffrey Edwards, co-head of Merrill's global stocks business.
Two hours earlier, the Bush campaign had issued a news release claiming that the benefit would amount to only 5 cents a day, but changed the number after a recalculation, Mr. Fleischer said.
