Capital inflows picked up too, though they were already running at an alarmingly high level.

ECONOMIST: Economics focus

An alarmingly high proportion of Union business was hanging fire on a German election result.

ECONOMIST: Germany and the European Union

In all other ways, the movie is a routine exploitation movie, with rather alarmingly high-tech production values.

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Study leader Catherine Thomson, head of statistical information at Cancer Research UK, said the figures in particular from Liverpool and Sunderland were "alarmingly high".

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According to the researchers, 20 percent of those taking either high dosages or several of the drugs at once died in a two-year period, an alarmingly high fatality rate.

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The response to the crisis has been slow and the IMF has warned the chances of a deeper recession are "alarmingly high, " but there are signs the situation is stabilizing.

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The Joint Electoral Management Board, or JEMB, the international organization handling the election, says they've identified an alarmingly high number of fraud cases like ballot box stuffing or proxy voting.

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Under these conditions, the troika economists say that Greek sovereign debt will peak at an alarmingly high 186% of GDP in 2013 and decline only to 152% of GDP by the end of 2020.

BBC: Greece needs yet another bailout

Similarly, youth unemployment rates are alarmingly high (47%).

UNESCO: Adolescent Development Programme

House prices also look alarmingly high.

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