Although population, industrial output and economic productivity have continued to soar in developed nations, the rate at which people withdraw water from aquifers, rivers and lakes has slowed.

尽管发达国家的人口、工业产出和经济生产率还在飙升，但人们从含水层、河流和湖泊取水的速度已经放缓。

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Over the past three decades the number of students leaving home each year to study abroad has grown at an annual rate of 3.9 percent, from 800,000 in 1975 to 3.5 million in 2008．

在过去的30年里，每年出国留学的学生人数以每年3.9%的速度增长，从1975年的80万人增长到2008年的350万人。

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Over the past three decades, the number of students leaving home each year to study abroad has grown at an annual rate of 3.9 percent, from 800,000 in 1975 to 3.5 million in 2008．

在过去的30年里，每年出国留学的学生人数以每年3.9%的速度增长，从1975年的80万人增长到2008年的350万人。

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But the point-one percent jump in the unemployment rate from May was more modest than had been anticipated.

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The government temporarily lowered the payroll tax rate in 2011 from 6.2% to 4.2% to put more money in the pockets of Americans.

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Analysis of 13, 532 infants born at 24 weeks to nearly 28 weeks from 2006 to 2008 found improvements resulted in a drop in the mortality rate in participating NICUs, from 18% in 2005 to just over 14% in 2009.

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And even though the markets have priced in three rate hikes from the Fed beginning in the fall, the dollar has not strengthened as so many assumed it would.

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