The Secret Battle for the Future of the Murdoch Empire

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The Secret Battle for the Future of the Murdoch Empire
nytimes.com

Rupert Murdoch, the patriarch, has moved to change the family’s irrevocable trust to preserve his media businesses as a conservative force. Several of his children are fighting back.

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Several of his children are fighting back.

He has 6 children.

When several is used, i would assume it's more than half of the children.

So, either 4 or 5 of his 6 children are protesting.

Edit: 5 would be most of his children.

It has to be 4.

i love depicting language this way to decipher meaning but in reality most people don't all abide by the same set of rigid rules that i want them to.

this is certainly reasonable, though.

  • A couple: 2
  • A few: 3-4
  • A handful: 5 (because fingers)
  • A bunch: 6
  • Several: Exactly 7, always.
  • A number: 8-9
  • A whole bunch: 10 -20

That's about it off the top of my head.

The secret battle for the future of the murdoch empire

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