There has been a 300% increase in stops of people classed as "Asian", although as an absolute figure it comes to about 3, 000 people.

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Looking to 2004, the National Association of Home Builders forecasts that single-family housing starts will decline 3%, though the absolute figure will still be sky-high.

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By 2008 that figure had shrunk to 21%, though since the absolute number of globally mobile students grew by 50% over that period, the absolute number in America has flattened, not fallen.

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