They are calculations meant to assess the worth of a black man in a white man's world, and the sums arrived at have the impact of a sustained wail of frustration, sorrow and spirited defiance.
Could the "efficiency savings" of £235m at HMRC last year have something to do with the reduced sums arriving in the Treasury's coffers?
The sum usually arrived at is about $80 billion a year and steadily growing.
This sum was arrived at by an open auction, with the contract going to the highest of eight or so bidders: Simon & Schuster, a Viacom subsidiary.
"Following such discussions, it was only when no sums actually arrived from Rangers FC that the SPFL Board decided to offset this liability against future sums payable to the Club".
The committee would be presented with an average figure, and then take 10percentt off of that sum to arrive at Mr. Grasso's bonus, directors on the N.Y.S.E.
Data for two types of radioactive effluents gaseous and liquid effluents were summed to arrive at a total volume of radioactive effluents released by each NPP.
The basal areas of all individuals of a species were summed to arrive at the total basal area of the respective species.
Costs per hospital visit were summed to arrive at a total cost per person.
