The Simpsons 27th season had 22 episodes, best I could do. If it's how many in October, it's 4.
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The families are in hiding, so no one can know they are receiving rations.
A contentious issue at the 1787 Constitutional Convention was whether slaves would be counted as part of the population which they were deciding if they be under the representation of the states in the Congress or would instead be considered property and, as such, not be considered for purposes of representation.