This problem was proposed by Integermaniac master Ralph Jeffords.  Create each of the positive integers using four copies of 9, and any standard operations.  All four numbers must be used, but no others.  Your solutions will be assigned an exquisiteness level.

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	1 (1.0)   Ralph Jeffords, 11/07 Centreville, VA	2 (1.0)   + Ralph Jeffords, 11/07 Centreville, VA	3 (1.0) Ralph Jeffords, 11/07 Centreville, VA	4 (2.4) 9 – Ralph Jeffords, 11/07 Centreville, VA	5 (2.8) × Ralph Jeffords, 11/07 Centreville, VA	6 (2.8) + Ralph Jeffords, 12/07 Centreville, VA	7 (1.0) 9 – Steve Wilson, 11/07 Raytown, MO	8 (1.0) Steve Wilson, 11/07 Raytown, MO	9 (1.0) 9 + 9 × (9 – 9) Steve Wilson, 11/07 Raytown, MO	10 (1.0) Steve Wilson, 11/07 Raytown, MO
	11 (1.0) 9 + Steve Wilson, 11/07 Raytown, MO	12 (2.0) Ralph Jeffords, 12/07 Centreville, VA	13 (3.2) 9 + + Steve Wilson, 12/07 Raytown, MO	14 (2.4) 9 + Ralph Jeffords, 12/07 Centreville, VA	15 (3.2) 9 + 9 – Steve Wilson, 12/07 Raytown, MO	16 (2.8) 9 + 9 – – Steve Wilson, 12/07 Raytown, MO	17 (1.0) 9 + 9 – Carolyn Neptune, 11/07 Prairie Village, KS	18 (1.0) 9 + 9 + 9 – 9 Jeremy Miller, 11/07 Olathe, KS	19 (1.0) 9 + 9 + Carolyn Neptune, 11/07 Prairie Village, KS	20 (2.0) + 9 Carolyn Neptune, 11/07 Prairie Village, KS
	21 (2.2) Dave Jones, 12/07 Coventry, England	22 (3.4) + 9 + Steve Wilson, 12/07 Raytown, MO	23 (3.4) + Steve Wilson, 12/07 Raytown, MO	24 (3.2) × Carolyn Neptune, 12/07 Prairie Village, KS	25 (3.6) Steve Wilson, 1/08 Raytown, MO	26 (2.4) 9 + 9 + 9 – Ralph Jeffords, 1/08 Centreville, VA	27 (2.4) 9 + 9 + 9 × Ralph Jeffords, 1/08 Centreville, VA	28 (2.4) 9 + 9 + Ralph Jeffords, 1/08 Centreville, VA	29 (2.2) + 9 Dave Jones, 12/07 Coventry, England	30 (2.2) Dave Jones, 12/07 Coventry, England
	31 (3.4) + Steve Wilson, 4/08 Raytown, MO	32 (3.4) Steve Wilson, 4/08 Raytown, MO	33 (3.2) × Ralph Jeffords, 3/08 Centreville, VA	34 (3.4) Ralph Jeffords, 5/08 Centreville, VA	35 (3.6) 9 × + 9 – Steve Wilson, 4/08 Raytown, MO	36 (1.0) 9 + 9 + 9 + 9 Jeremy Miller, 11/07 Olathe, KS	37 (3.4) 9 × + Steve Wilson, 4/08 Raytown, MO	38 (3.8) 9 + 9 + Ralph Jeffords, 6/08 Centreville, VA	39 (3.4) 9 × + 9 + Carolyn Neptune, 3/08 Prairie Village, KS	40 (3.4) Steve Wilson, 3/08 Raytown, MO
	41 (2.2) – 9 Steve Wilson, 1/08 Raytown, MO	42 (3.2) + 9 Steve Wilson, 3/08 Raytown, MO	43 (3.6) Steve Wilson, 3/08 Raytown, MO	44 (3.6) 9 × – Steve Wilson, 3/08 Raytown, MO	45 (2.4) × 9 Dave Jones, 12/07 Coventry, England	46 (3.8) 9 × – 9 + Steve Wilson, 3/08 Raytown, MO	47 (3.4) – Ralph Jeffords, 4/08 Centreville, VA	48 (3.4) 9 + 9 + Ralph Jeffords, 6/08 Centreville, VA	49 (2.6) – Steve Wilson, 1/08 Raytown, MO	50 (2.6) × Ralph Jeffords, 2/08 Centreville, VA
	51 (2.6) + Steve Wilson, 1/08 Raytown, MO	52 (3.6) × Ralph Jeffords, 4/08 Centreville, VA	53 (3.4) 9 × – Steve Wilson, 4/08 Raytown, MO	54 (3.2) (9 + 9) × Ralph Jeffords, 2/08 Centreville, VA	55 (2.4) Dave Jones, 1/08 Coventry, England	56 (3.6) × Ralph Jeffords, 5/08 Centreville, VA	57 (3.4) (9 + 9) × + Ralph Jeffords, 5/08 Centreville, VA	58 (3.8) × Ralph Jeffords, 5/08 Centreville, VA	59 (2.2) + 9 Dave Jones, 1/08 Coventry, England	60 (3.4) (9 – ) × Carolyn Neptune, 4/08 Prairie Village, KS
	61 (3.8) Ralph Jeffords, 5/08 Centreville, VA	62 (3.6) – 9 – 9 Ralph Jeffords, 6/08 Centreville, VA	63 (1.0) 9 × 9 – 9 – 9 Carolyn Neptune, 11/07 Prairie Village, KS	64 (2.8) (9 – ) × (9 – ) Steve Wilson, 1/08 Raytown, MO	65 (3.8) Steve Wilson, 7/08 Raytown, MO	66 (3.4) × Steve Wilson, 5/08 Raytown, MO	67 (3.8) Ralph Jeffords, 6/08 Centreville, VA	68 (3.8) + 9 + 9 Steve Wilson, 6/08 Raytown, MO	69 (3.2) 9 × 9 – 9 – Steve Wilson, 5/08 Raytown, MO	70 (3.6) – 9 Steve Wilson, 6/08 Raytown, MO
	71 (2.2) 9 × 9 – Ralph Jeffords, 1/08 Centreville, VA	72 (1.0) Ralph Jeffords, 12/07 Centreville, VA	73 (2.4) 9 × 9 – 9 + Steve Wilson, 2/08 Raytown, MO	74 (3.8) 9 × 9 – – Steve Wilson, 6/08 Raytown, MO	75 (3.2) 9 × 9 – 9 + Steve Wilson, 5/08 Raytown, MO	76 (3.8) 9 × 9 – + Steve Wilson, 6/08 Raytown, MO	77 (3.6) 9 × 9 – – Steve Wilson, 6/08 Raytown, MO	78 (3.2) 9 × 9 – Carolyn Neptune, 3/08 Prairie Village, KS	79 (2.8) 9 × 9 – – Steve Wilson, 2/08 Raytown, MO	80 (1.0) 9 × 9 – Renato Bacco, 11/07 Overland Park, KS
	81 (1.0) 9 × 9 + 9 – 9 Carolyn Neptune, 11/07 Prairie Village, KS	82 (1.0) 9 × 9 + Ralph Jeffords, 12/07 Centreville, VA	83 (2.8) 9 × 9 + + Steve Wilson, 2/08 Raytown, MO	84 (3.2) 9 × 9 + Carolyn Neptune, 3/08 Prairie Village, KS	85 (3.6) 9 × 9 + + Ralph Jeffords, 7/08 Centreville, VA	86 (3.8) 9 × 9 + – Ralph Jeffords, 7/08 Centreville, VA	87 (3.2) 9 × 9 + 9 – Steve Wilson, 5/08 Raytown, MO	88 (3.4) – 9 – Ralph Jeffords, 7/08 Centreville, VA	89 (2.2) 99 – Steve Wilson, 2/08 Raytown, MO	90 (1.0) Renato Bacco, 11/07 Overland Park, KS
	91 (2.2) 9 × 9 + Dave Jones, 3/08 Coventry, England	92 (2.4) – 9 Dave Jones, 3/08 Coventry, England	93 (3.2) 99 – 9 + Carolyn Neptune, 4/08 Prairie Village, KS	94 (3.4) – 9 + Ralph Jeffords, 7/08 Centreville, VA	95 (3.6) 99 – – Ralph Jeffords, 7/08 Centreville, VA	96 (3.2) 99 – Carolyn Neptune, 4/08 Prairie Village, KS	97 (2.8) 99 – – Steve Wilson, 7/08 Raytown, MO	98 (2.0) 99 – Dave Jones, 1/08 Coventry, England	99 (1.0) 9 × 9 + 9 + 9 Jeremy Miller, 11/07 Olathe, KS	100 (2.0) 99 + Dave Jones, 1/08 Coventry, England
	101 (2.2) – 9 Dave Jones, 1/08 Coventry, England	102 (2.4) Dave Jones, 3/08 Coventry, England	103 (3.4) + Steve Wilson, 7/08 Raytown, MO	104 (3.6) + Pellegrini Paolo, 7/08 Martina Franca, Italy	105 (3.2) 99 + 9 – Carolyn Neptune, 4/08 Prairie Village, KS	106 (3.4) + 9 – Pellegrini Paolo, 7/08 Martina Franca, Italy	107 (2.4) 99 + 9 – Pellegrini Paolo, 7/08 Martina Franca, Italy	108 (2.4) 99 + 9 × Carolyn Neptune, 4/08 Prairie Village, KS	109 (2.2) 99 + Steve Wilson, 2/08 Raytown, MO	110 (2.4) + Dave Jones, 3/08 Coventry, England
	111 (2.0) Carolyn Neptune, 12/07 Prairie Village, KS	112 (3.4) + 9 + Pellegrini Paolo, 7/08 Martina Franca, Italy	113 (3.4) + Pellegrini Paolo, 7/08 Martina Franca, Italy	114 (3.4) 99 + 9 + Pellegrini Paolo, 8/08 Martina Franca, Italy	115 (3.6) + 9 + Pellegrini Paolo, 8/08 Martina Franca, Italy	116 (3.6) + Ralph Jeffords, 9/08 Centreville, VA	117 (2.0) 99 + 9 + 9 Jeremy Miller, 11/07 Olathe, KS	118 (2.2) + 9 + 9 Dave Jones, 3/08 Coventry, England	119 (2.2) + 9 Dave Jones, 4/08 Coventry, England	120 (2.2) Dave Jones, 4/08 Coventry, England
	121 (3.8) Pellegrini Paolo, 8/08 Martina Franca, Italy	122 (3.8) Pellegrini Paolo, 8/08 Martina Franca, Italy	123 (3.6) Ralph Jeffords, 8/08 Centreville, VA	124 (4.0) Ralph Jeffords, 12/08 Centreville, VA	125 (2.6) Ralph Jeffords, 8/08 Centreville, VA	126 (3.2) 99 + 9 × Ralph Jeffords, 8/08 Centreville, VA	127 (3.4) + 9 × Ralph Jeffords, 8/08 Centreville, VA	128 (4.0) + Ralph Jeffords, 12/08 Centreville, VA	129 (3.4) 99 + Steve Wilson, 8/08 Raytown, MO	130 (3.6) + Steve Wilson, 7/08 Raytown, MO
	131 (3.8) 9 × 9 + Ralph Jeffords, 10/08 Centreville, VA	132 (3.6) – 9 – 9 Ralph Jeffords, 9/08 Centreville, VA	133 (3.8) Ralph Jeffords, 9/08 Centreville, VA	134 (3.8) (9 + !) × 9 – Ralph Jeffords, 10/08 Centreville, VA	135 (3.2) (9 + 9 – ) × 9 Ralph Jeffords, 10/08 Centreville, VA	136 (3.8) (9 + !) × 9 + Pellegrini Paolo, 9/08 Martina Franca, Italy	137 (4.2) + 9 + Ralph Jeffords, 12/08 Centreville, VA	138 (3.6) (9 + !) × 9 + Pellegrini Paolo, 9/08 Martina Franca, Italy	139 (3.8) + 9 Ralph Jeffords, 10/08 Centreville, VA	140 (3.8) – Ralph Jeffords, 10/08 Centreville, VA
	141 (3.4) – 9 Pellegrini Paolo, 10/08 Martina Franca, Italy	142 (4.0) – 9 + Steve Wilson, 11/08 Raytown, MO	143 (4.0) + 9 + 9 Steve Wilson, 11/08 Raytown, MO	144 (2.4) (9 – ) × (9 + 9) Steve Wilson, 8/08 Raytown, MO	145 (3.8) Pellegrini Paolo, 10/08 Martina Franca, Italy	146 (3.8) Pellegrini Paolo, 10/08 Martina Franca, Italy	147 (3.6) – Pellegrini Paolo, 11/08 Martina Franca, Italy	148 (4.0) Ralph Jeffords, 12/08 Centreville, VA	149 (3.6) – Ralph Jeffords, 12/08 Centreville, VA	150 (3.4) × Steve Wilson, 7/08 Raytown, MO
	151 (3.6) + Ralph Jeffords, 1/09 Centreville, VA	152 (4.2) (.9 + ) × Pellegrini Paolo, 11/08 Martina Franca, Italy	153 (1.0) 9 × (9 + 9) – 9 Renato Bacco, 11/07 Overland Park, KS	154 (3.6) 9 × + Pellegrini Paolo, 11/08 Martina Franca, Italy	155 (3.8) Ralph Jeffords, 11/08 Centreville, VA	156 (3.4) 9 × (9 + 9) – Steve Wilson, 11/08 Raytown, MO	157 (4.4) + + Ralph Jeffords, 11/08 Centreville, VA	158 (4.0) + 9 – Ralph Jeffords, 11/08 Centreville, VA	159 (3.2) 9 × (9 + 9) – Ralph Jeffords, 11/08 Centreville, VA	160 (3.8) + Ralph Jeffords, 11/08 Centreville, VA
	161 (2.4) 9 × (9 + 9) – Steve Wilson, 8/08 Raytown, MO	162 (1.0) 9 × 9 + 9 × 9 Dave Jones, 2/08 Coventry, England	163 (2.4) 9 × (9 + 9) + Steve Wilson, 8/08 Raytown, MO	164 (4.0) – Ralph Jeffords, 1/09 Centreville, VA	165 (3.2) 9 × (9 + 9) + Pellegrini Paolo, 12/08 Martina Franca, Italy	166 (4.0) Pellegrini Paolo, 12/08 Martina Franca, Italy	167 (3.8) Pellegrini Paolo, 12/08 Martina Franca, Italy	168 (3.4) 9 × (9 + 9) + Pellegrini Paolo, 12/08 Martina Franca, Italy		170 (3.8) Ralph Jeffords, 1/09 Centreville, VA
	171 (1.0) (9 + 9) × 9 + 9 Dave Jones, 2/08 Coventry, England			174 (3.6) + 9 Ralph Jeffords, 1/09 Centreville, VA						180 (2.0) 99 + 9 × 9 Dave Jones, 4/08 Coventry, England
	181 (2.2) 9 × 9 + Dave Jones, 4/08 Coventry, England								189 (3.0) + 9 Ralph Jeffords, 1/09 Centreville, VA	190 (2.4) Dave Jones, 4/08 Coventry, England
	191 (2.2) – 9 Dave Jones, 5/08 Coventry, England			194 (3.6) – Steve Wilson, 12/08 Raytown, MO			197 (3.4) – Steve Wilson, 12/08 Raytown, MO	198 (2.0) 99 + 99 Jeremy Miller, 11/07 Olathe, KS	199 (2.2) + 99 Dave Jones, 5/08 Coventry, England	200 (2.4) + Dave Jones, 5/08 Coventry, England
	201 (2.4) Dave Jones, 5/08 Coventry, England		203 (3.4) + Steve Wilson, 12/08 Raytown, MO			206 (3.6) + Steve Wilson, 12/08 Raytown, MO			209 (2.2) + 9 Dave Jones, 5/08 Coventry, England	210 (2.2) Dave Jones, 6/08 Coventry, England
						216 (3.4) (9 × – ) × 9 Steve Wilson, 9/08 Raytown, MO
					225 (2.6) Steve Wilson, 1/09 Raytown, MO
				234 (3.2) 9 × 9 × – 9 Steve Wilson, 9/08 Raytown, MO						240 (3.4) 9 × 9 × – Steve Wilson, 9/08 Raytown, MO
		242 (3.6) 9 × 9 × – Steve Wilson, 12/08 Raytown, MO	243 (1.0) 9 × (9 + 9 + 9) Jeremy Miller, 11/07 Olathe, KS
		252 (3.2) 9 × 9 × + 9 Steve Wilson, 9/08 Raytown, MO
							297 (3.2) 99 × Amy Koger, 9/08 Fort Scott, KS			300 (2.2) Dave Jones, 6/08 Coventry, England
				324 (1.0) (9 + 9) × (9 + 9) Dave Jones, 2/08 Coventry, England
	441 (3.0) – 9 Steve Wilson, 1/09 Raytown, MO									450 (2.2) × 9 Dave Jones, 6/08 Coventry, England
									459 (3.0) + 9 Steve Wilson, 1/09 Raytown, MO
	491 (2.6) – 9 Dave Jones, 6/08 Coventry, England				495 (2.8) Steve Wilson, 1/09 Raytown, MO
					505 (2.8) Steve Wilson, 1/09 Raytown, MO				509 (2.6) + 9 Dave Jones, 6/08 Coventry, England
										550 (2.2) Dave Jones, 7/08 Coventry, England
								648 (1.0) (9 × 9 – 9) × 9 Dave Jones, 2/08 Coventry, England
										720 (1.0) 9 × 9 × 9 – 9 Renato Bacco, 11/07 Overland Park, KS
						726 (3.2) 9 × 9 × 9 – Austin Timmons, 10/08 Olathe, KS
		732 (3.2) 9 × 9 × 9 + Austin Timmons, 10/08 Olathe, KS						738 (1.0) 9 × 9 × 9 + 9 Renato Bacco, 11/07 Overland Park, KS
										800 (2.2) Dave Jones, 7/08 Coventry, England
										810 (1.0) (9 × 9 + 9) × 9 Dave Jones, 2/08 Coventry, England
									819 (2.2) Dave Jones, 7/08 Coventry, England
		882 (2.0) 9 × 99 – 9 Dave Jones, 7/08 Coventry, England						888 (3.2) 9 × 99 – Rabeh Ghadiri, 8/08 Overland Park, KS
	891 (2.2) 9 × – 9 Dave Jones, 7/08 Coventry, England								899 (2.4) Dave Jones, 8/08 Coventry, England	900 (2.0) 9 × 99 + 9 Dave Jones, 8/08 Coventry, England
	901 (2.4) – 99 Dave Jones, 8/08 Coventry, England								909 (2.2) 9 × + 9 Dave Jones, 8/08 Coventry, England	910 (2.4) Dave Jones, 8/08 Coventry, England
									919 (2.4) – 9 × 9 Dave Jones, 9/08 Coventry, England
		972 (2.0) (99 + 9) × 9 Dave Jones, 9/08 Coventry, England								980 (2.8) Dave Jones, 9/08 Coventry, England
	981 (2.2) Dave Jones, 9/08 Coventry, England	982 (2.4) – 9 – 9 Dave Jones, 9/08 Coventry, England							989 (2.6) Dave Jones, 11/08 Coventry, England	990 (2.0) 999 – 9 Dave Jones, 10/08 Coventry, England
										1000 (2.2) Dave Jones, 10/08 Coventry, England
	1001 (2.4) + Dave Jones, 10/08 Coventry, England							1008 (2.0) 999 + 9 Jeremy Miller, 11/07 Olathe, KS
	1011 (2.6) Dave Jones, 10/08 Coventry, England							1018 (2.4) + 9 + 9 Dave Jones, 10/08 Coventry, England	1019 (2.6) + 9 Dave Jones, 11/08 Coventry, England	1020 (2.6) Dave Jones, 11/08 Coventry, England
	1081 (2.4) + 9 × 9 Dave Jones, 11/08 Coventry, England									1090 (2.4) Dave Jones, 11/08 Coventry, England
	1091 (2.2) – 9 Amy Koger, 9/08 Fort Scott, KS								1099 (2.4) + 99 Dave Jones, 12/08 Coventry, England
	1101 (2.4) Dave Jones, 12/08 Coventry, England								1109 (2.2) + 9 Amy Koger, 9/08 Fort Scott, KS	1110 (2.2) Dave Jones, 12/08 Coventry, England
					1125 (2.8) Dave Jones, 12/08 Coventry, England
										1200 (2.2) Dave Jones, 12/08 Coventry, England
								1458 (1.0) (9 + 9) × 9 × 9 Levi Self, 5/08 San Antonio, TX
	6561 (1.0) 9 × 9 × 9 × 9 Jeremy Miller, 11/07 Olathe, KS
	8991 (2.0) 999 × 9 Regina Hillman, 12/07 Bucyrus, KS
	40401 (3.2) + 9 × 9 Chad Ojeda, 9/08 Overland Park, KS
										40320 (3.2) × Rabeh Ghadiri, 12/08 Overland Park, KS
										241920 (3.6) ( + ) × Rabeh Ghadiri, 11/08 Overland Park, KS
	362881 (3.2) Rabeh Ghadiri, 10/08 Overland Park, KS
							14348907 (3.2) Chad Ojeda, 9/08 Overland Park, KS
							1162261467 (3.2) 99 × Chad Ojeda, 9/08 Overland Park, KS
										googol (3.4) Pellegrini Paolo, 5/08 Martina Franca, Italy