Word: pasts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Percentage of doctors nationwide who have not exercised in the past year...
...paying less than the $2,400 some mortuaries charge. But the Net has its limits--you'll still need help getting into that casket. Undertakers have tried to recoup dollars lost to cut-rate casket sellers by raising their service fees, up 9.6% over the past two years, to an average of $1,182. These fees account for about a fourth of the typical funeral's cost, which has nearly tripled in the past 20 years...
Such helium-filled, heartfelt pronouncements flow frequently from Santana's lips, but Davis had no trouble catching his drift. What Santana wanted was a hit. And a hit he got. The album the two men dreamed up, Supernatural, has turned into one of the year's biggest surprises, blowing past seemingly invincible blockbusters like Limp Bizkit and even the mighty Backstreet Boys during its amazing run up the charts. Since its June debut, Supernatural has sold a cash register-popping 3 million copies while drawing an uncommonly diverse coalition of fans: grizzled 1960s hippies; university kids who prefer Dave Matthews...
...lasts for only a short time. Even the real-life deaths in the past two years of four students--one of whom, Erica Brussel, was killed by a drunk driver--haven't stopped students from putting themselves at risk. "Sometimes it makes more sense when you're really drunk to get into a car with someone who isn't as drunk," says a sophomore. After a party last Saturday night, that's exactly what she did. "I think a lot of times people are more concerned with having fun than their safety," she says...
...students in school, the teachers know how much pressure the administration is under. Last year Webster Groves received $150,000 in extra funds from Missouri's A-Plus program, whose top goal is to reduce the dropout rate. Webster's rate has declined from 3.9% to 1.3% over the past five years, but needs to stay down to keep the state funds flowing. So the school has compiled a list of 150 students considered highly "at risk" of quitting, and is targeting them for extra attention. Everyone agrees that this effort is admirable--and necessary, given the school...