According to older pilots, this useless statistic came into favour at the time of conversion to jet aeroplanes when the impact of flying over the weather, rather than through it, was novel.

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Panama has the fastest growing economy in Latin America with a rate of more than 10% for 2012, according to the government's statistic agency.

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But according to the Pew study from which the statistic came, the majority of the 40% of households with children that do not have a male breadwinner (25.3% of the total) do not have a male adult at all.

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Bad work habits and the failure to change course contribute to the statistic that more than half of small businesses fail within the first five years, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration.

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In 2012 the number of successful pirate seizures of merchant ships fell from a 2009 figure of 38 to 21 according to the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) command in Bahrain but another statistic published by the group highlights a more troubling trend.

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