According to Apple, Qualcomm is getting paid twice for its intellectual property: once when it licenses its patent portfolio and a second time when it sells cellular modem chips.
To give an idea of the depth of his experience, Mitchell has played drums at the Cavern club in Liverpool - famed as the birthplace of Beatlemania - in three of its different guises: once when it was a jazz club, then when it was revitalised as the punk club Eric's, and then again at the replica of the original that stands today.
Since the Islamic Revolution in 1979, the Assembly of Experts has exercised its full powers only once, when it chose Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to succeed Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the revolution, who died in 1989.
Temple Isaiah's president, Terry Joseph, said that its Torah had been saved twice, "once when it survived the Holocaust, and now again with this new restoration".
Until today, I'd seen "Back to the Future: Part II" only once, when it came out.
Mr. Smith cried once when it came time to choose a coffin.
I might have taken some once when it was part of what was boshed with cocaine.
"You're like me," he told her once, when it was clear that she'd follow in his professional footsteps.
Israel, in such issues, has already gone it alone once, when it bombed a Syrian nuclear facility in 2007.
One of the many adages that circulate in the movie business is that every film is made three times: once when it is written, once when it is shot and once, finally, when it is edited.
