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Now subtract a significant number of historical factoids and add in some real ghosts — or at least a few tricks of the light and convincing actors.

Here’s one way to think about Chuck’s Arcade: Imagine a Chuck E. Cheese, but subtract the pizza and detract the drinks.

It also added a neon sign and then subtracted it, eventually forsaking much of its original design as owners and managers came and went.

Red states like Texas and Florida stand to make big gains after the next congressional reapportionment — and most of those new seats will be subtracted from blue states like California and New York.

Imports subtract from official growth calculations but are not necessarily an indication of the health of the wider economy.