41.   But, though the percentage increases are impressive, the complaints are statistically small compared with the actual number of people flying, Transportation Department statistics show.

42.   Clifford, among others, warned that even those numbers underreported the actual number of deaths.

43.   Douglass added that his forecast is intentionally conservative and the industry often performs better when the actual numbers are reviewed.

44.   Does the actual number even matter?

45.   Even so, the actual number of tickets sold and the revenue raised was more than projected, he said.

46.   Every Giants game at Giants Stadium has been a sellout, but National Football League attendance figures always indicate the actual number of tickets used.

47.   Even among those who would be affected, the actual number of complaints about health-plan denials of medical treatment remains tiny.

48.   First, the immediate result of a merger is a reduction in the actual number of titles sent to market.

49.   Formal sexual harassment complaints are up, but the actual numbers may be declining as employers take steps to protect themselves against costly legalities.

50.   Former NTSB Chairman James Burnett believes that the actual number of crashes of government-owned airplanes is vastly understated.