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	Coincidence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Coincidence is the noteworthy alignment of two or more events or circumstances without obvious causal connection.
		A coincidence does not prove a relationship, but related events may be expected to have a higher index of coincidence.
		In optics, coincidence is also used to refer to two or more incident beams of light that strike the same point at the same time.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Coincidence (229 words)

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		I repeat that a useful distinction in discussing these and other coincidences is that between generic sorts of events and particular events.
		Since the natural world of rocks, plants, and rivers does not seem to offer much evidence for superfluous coincidences, primitive man had to be very sensitive to every conceivable anomaly and improbability as he slowly developed science and its progenitor, 66common sense." Coincidences, after all, are sometimes quite significant.
		By the time 23rd person walks through the door, their chances would be 22 in 365, but added to all the previous chances, the total chance of coincidence in the group would be better than 50%.
	www.cut-the-knot.org /do_you_know/coincidence.shtml (1715 words)

	Amazon.com: Coincidence: Books: David Ambrose (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Also, there are a lot of coincidences that occur in the plot that turn out to be just that (coincidences, that is) and other situations where what we think is coincidence, was carefully orchestrated by one of the characters.
		Through a series of coincidences (which, by the way, prompt him to do research in order to write a book on the subject), George discovers the real identity of the boy....his twin brother.
		My favorite scenes are the ones in which the main character encounters bizarre coincidences (he has a dream, for instance, about being in cab #444 at 4:44 pm; he wakes up and finds that it's 4:44 am).
	www.amazon.com /Coincidence-David-Ambrose/dp/0446527971 (1931 words)

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