Germany's Bundesliga has two teams going up and down, with a play-off match between the third-bottom and third-top team from the first and second divisions.
Over the last four months, the top third outperformed the bottom third by 25% on a trailing 12 months basis.
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Ranking tech hardware companies by dividend yields, the top one third outperformed the bottom one third by 4% a year since 1977.
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Suffolk was recently named in the bottom 10 of the government's league tables for state school GCSEs and third from bottom, out of 150 councils, in the primary school league table.
Newport are now third from bottom, 48 points in front of Unity, but only six clear of safety.
Juve dropped points in Saturday's frustrating 1-1 draw at home to third-bottom Genoa, but still moved six clear at the top.
Palace are third from bottom of the Championship table, having been automatically docked 10 points in January for going into administration.
Valladolid secured safety with three games to play as a 1-0 win over Deportivo la Coruna left the visitors third from bottom.
The defeat left Randy Lerner's Aston Villa three points above the relegation zone, having played one more match than the third-bottom team, Wigan.
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Chelsea won for the first time in five matches to retain third place, thrashing third-bottom Wigan 4-1 to ease the pressure on manager Rafael Benitez.
Parry, who had been the club's physiotherapist since 1993, took over as manager with Rovers third from bottom of the division on just seven points from 11 games.
Wolves are now unbeaten in four games and remain third from bottom only by virtue of a one-point goal difference from West Ham, who likewise have 32 points from 30 games.
Fifth-placed Arsenal moved to within a point of Tottenham as Spain midfielder Santi Cazorla scored both goals in a 2-1 victory over third-bottom Aston Villa to relieve the pressure on manager Arsene Wenger.
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Megson, 50, was sacked on Wednesday following Tuesday's 2-2 draw with Hull during which he was booed by sections of the Bolton crowd, frustrated at their position third from bottom of the Premier League.
"Ideally I'd like him back earlier but we have to make sure Gary is fine, " said the former Burnley boss, whose team are third from bottom of the Premier League and face fellow strugglers Wolves on Saturday.
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Although the Rodney Parade-based side sit third from bottom in the Magners League, just one point from Friday night's home match against Connacht will ensure a play-off spot to return to the top-tier Heineken Cup next season.
Dortmund came from behind to win 4-2 at home to third-bottom Augsburg, with striker Julian Schieber scoring twice in a rare start as coach Jurgen Klopp rested key players ahead of Tuesday's Champions League home clash with Spanish club Malaga with the quarterfinal tie poised at 0-0.
Buffalo finished in the bottom third of the league in most defensive categories in 2012.
And such recruits are significantly more likely to be in the bottom third of their class.
The Hornets currently rank third from the bottom of the league in attendance at 13, 500 a game.
Texas public schools rank in the bottom third for both spending per pupil and high school graduation rates.
It's now third from the bottom, three points away from Aston Villa and safety, with five games to go.
The recent violence against black foreigners is a reminder that the bottom third of South Africans still face gnawing poverty.
Spencer missed his conversion from the touchline to ensure both sides remain rooted in the bottom third of the table.
We would also use the rebate of tax dollars to the bottom third of taxpayers to solve other social problems.
Before the creation of Medicare, over 60% of elderly households in the bottom third of the income distribution were uninsured.
Liverpool and Birmingham finished third and fourth bottom respectively in 2007-08 and could again find themselves battling to avoid the relegation places.
That still puts the ballpark in the bottom third of baseball in terms of home runs, but the new dimensions can only help so much.
The four states in which gasoline costs eat up the biggest piece of household budgets Mississippi, New Mexico, Wyoming and Alabama all fall within the bottom third of the nation in gas taxes.
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