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  • n  any digit of a number that is known with certainty; any digit of a number beginning with the leftmost non-zero digit and ending with the rightmost non-zero digit (or a zero considered to be the exact value)
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  • Ralph Cook, Off Off-Broadway Figure and Founder of Theatre Genesis, Dies at 85
    Ralph Cook, who, as founder of Theatre Genesis, was a significant figure in the formation of the Off Off-Broadway scene in the 1960s, died Sept. 23 in Bay Minette, AL. He was 85.
    Oct. 21, 2013 - Playbill
  • Tennessee Titans owner Bud Adams dies at 90
    Kenneth Stanley "Bud" Adams Jr., the Tennessee Titans owner who has been a significant figure in professional football for more than half a century, has died at the age of 90.
    Oct. 21, 2013 - WXIA-TV Atlanta
  • Titans owner Bud Adams Jr. dead at 90
    Kenneth Stanley "Bud" Adams Jr., the Tennessee Titans owner who has been a significant figure in professional football for more than half a century, has died at the age of 90.
    Oct. 21, 2013 - 19 Action News Cleveland

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