Word: fewer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...smaller-school movement is already well under way in Chicago, New York City and Los Angeles, which in recent years have opened high schools with student populations of 500 or fewer--in some cases splitting existing campuses into several "schools within a school." Studies show that students make better grades in smaller schools. They are less likely to be involved in fights or gangs because they know someone is always watching. They are less embarrassed to discuss problems with teachers. They have better attendance, lower dropout rates and more participation in extracurricular activities. "It doesn't matter what category...
Freeman and Rodgers concluded that the men ages 16 to 24 in the 322 cities they studied are not only working and earning more, but also committing fewer crimes than they did a decade...
...though, it would be Cabot, buoyed by a strong showing in the IM swim meet, which would take the crown by fewer than 100 points...
...supposedly top-secret document -- and one that condemns the Clinton administration's inability to keep secrets -- the 700-page Cox report doesn't have many surprises left. Yes, China has stolen the design secrets of no fewer than seven U.S. nuclear warheads from four separate labs; yes, the information was used to dramatically update China's existing arsenal. And yes, the spying began in the 1970s, continued into the Clinton years, and "thefts almost certainly continue to the present." But months of leaks and investigative newspaper stories -- and a 29-page executive summary released Monday night -- have rendered most...
...EFFECT] Finishes season with 1.5 million fewer viewers than pre-Ally...