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* [[The Mafia]]. At any given time, there are fewer than 1,000 "made men" in the United States. Most cities that are not [[Big Applesauce|New York City]] or [[The Windy City|Chicago]] will have fewer than 20. Of course, each of them will have a small army of wannabes, thugs, and other followers, plus employees in any legitimate businesses they run.
* As in the examples of the Mafia and Al Qaeda, small numbers are more of an advantage than weakness in many ways as a larger organization is more easily penetrated by opposing elements and it makes things easier to be kept secret.
* A Corporation Sole is an organization of one person holding one hundred percent of the shares of a corporation at a time (as distinct from a proprietorship which is ''directly owned'' by one person at a time). The difference -- which is probably somewhat esoteric to people who are not lawyers -- is that a corporation has limited liability (that is, you cannot sue the owner for
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