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On Fri, 17 Jul 2015 13:01:42 +1000, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
declaimed the following:

>
>Really? That low? Wow. I guess 90% could count as Rick's declared
>"vast majority", although that term does imply more like 99%.
>
	Since 51% would constitute a majority (anything greater than half of
the sample population is a majority), I'd think 90% could be a "vast
majority".

	99% would be just shy of being unanimous.

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