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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of kitchen-sink in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of kitchen-sink in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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  1. Eric Johnson:

    It took getting a new police chief in here who believed in the importance of actually having a sort of kitchen sink approach to fighting violent crime and knowing that we needed to have a plan to address violent crime and to really get things moving in the right direction, our chief is committed to making sure that we actually reduce violence by going where violence is and not pretending like we don't know where the parts of our city are.

  2. Mark Badgley:

    It was a white lace dress the night before the Oscars and she wanted it to be blush colored. So, James and I had to dip-dye it in the kitchen sink.

  3. Alex Snitker:

    If we can get this thing on the ballot, it will pass, they can throw everything but the kitchen sink at it, but it will pass.

  4. Andy Sullivan:

    This really has its roots in nervousness that began in the U.S. at the end of last week, shanghai is an artificial market at the moment reliant on government support, and they have thrown the kitchen sink at it in recent weeks. The selling just ratcheted up steadily this morning.

  5. Charles Gerba:

    Many people defrost raw meat products in sinks or rinse raw chicken and don't do more than run water to clean it, you really shouldn't be cutting up your salad in the kitchen sink.


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