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Figures from the national dental inspection programme, for 2011-12, showed 67% of P1 pupils had no obvious decay, compared to 54% in 2005-06.
BBC: Tooth decay of P1 pupils in Scotland at record low
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Of those on board, 25% had no significant tooth decay, leading Admiral Lippiett to suggest the "shape of their teeth was far better than in today's society".
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Unlike archaeological radiocarbon dating based on the fixed rate of decay of the carbon-14 isotope, there is simply no fixed rate of decay of basic vocabulary, which would allow us to date ancestral proto-languages.
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The Scottish government's target is for 60% of primary ones to have no obvious signs of decay.
BBC: Tooth decay of P1 pupils in Scotland at record low
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In Ireland, where venal politicians granted tax breaks to home builders, joblessness rests in the mid-teens and the landscape is littered forlornly with unoccupied, pretentious homes in decay with no takers.
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The decay is no mere curiosity.
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Almost 70% of P7 pupils have no obvious sign of tooth decay, beating a 60% target previously set by ministers.
BBC: Scottish children's teeth 'best on record'
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The non-HD incarnation of Galaxy on Fire ended up becoming free to play, and its high-definition cousin will no doubt follow the same decay curve.
FORBES: Connect
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Mr. VALDES: The elections are no solution for the problems of poverty and the development and institutional decay this country has.
NPR: Haitians Protest Instability Ahead of Elections
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No one would be rash enough to claim that these measures will cure urban decay.
ECONOMIST: The pre-budget report
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My family settled into a no-tell motel in a forgotten part of downtown Vicksburg, a neighborhood teetering between antebellum charm and hopeless decay.
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