The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) of the U.S. Department of Education reported that the proportion of U.S. children aged three to five who were enrolled in preprimary programs more than doubled between 1965 and 1990, and as shown in Figure 1, modest gains continued in the 1990s.

UNESCO: II Part Analytic Section

Over the course of the HDD industry the shipped storage capacity has increased by something like 73% annually as shown in Figure 1.

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The arrival of the iPhone 5 will help the global smartphone market return to growth with projected shipments of 346.5 million in the second half of 2012, up from 272.3 million during the first six months of the year, as presented in Figure 1 attached.

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If we assume 14% unit growth annually from 2013 through 2017 (which could be higher some years and lower in other years) the industry will grow from less than 600 M units in 2012 to over 1 B units shipped by 2016 or 2017 as shown in Figure 2.

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So as Figure 1 shows, we expect resumption in HDD demand growth in 2013 and later years although perhaps not at the average rates seen in the past.

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As near as anyone can figure, the Earth's surface temperature increased 1 degree Fahrenheit in the 20th century.

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As we suggested yesterday, technical analysts believe this 1, 040 figure is an important line in the sand.

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