Word: rates
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...think a big part of the reason [for this low success rate] is the courts have stringently narrowed the definition of who's disabled," he said...
However, unlike the English Department, most large concentrations did not rate so well on the survey...
...Card Production: A single card can be printed in under a minute. When doing batch production ID and Data Services produces them at a rate of 350 per hour. Total recarding of undergraduates can be done under 20 hours after all pertinent production data is available...
...Even when you tack on as much as $500 for overnight delivery, you'll end up 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...
...other preoccupation, keeping 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...