A number of the people here said so off the record, outside the conference room.

"The only thing we should be out front about is what our numbers say."

The numbers say the young men may have a point.

She looked at her watch and the numbers said 14:31.

That's probably because the same number said it worked for them, he says.

A number of people say it's time for a change, and maybe it is.

And the days when one number said who was watching what have ended.

A number of them said their states could now begin carrying out the change.

A smaller number, also black and white, said they would.

We're in this until the numbers say we don't have a chance.