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In its favour, Goldman has a remarkable record of bouncing back from adversity, whether the 1929 crash, near-fatal interest-rate bets in the 1990s or the infighting over its IPO.
ECONOMIST: The firm that came to dominate world finance
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The highest rate of fatal cases was reported in Dorset, with almost 52 women in every 100, 000 dying from the disease.
BBC: Smoking
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The HSE said Britain has the lowest rate of fatal injuries to workers among the five leading industrial nations in Europe.
BBC: The Chevron plant in Pembroke
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Based on information provided to the Equine Injury Database, horses suffered fatal breakdowns at a rate of 1.3 per 1, 000 on synthetic tracks, 1.6 per 1, 000 on grass courses, and more than 2 per 1, 000 on dirt.
FORBES: Making Racing Safer For Horses, Starting With The Surface
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Not only do commuters in Southern California inhale the worst year-round particle pollution levels, but Riverside drivers also face the highest rate of fatal auto accidents per capita, and Los Angeles drivers spend the most time sitting in traffic.
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Their accounting shows a 49 percent decline in the homicide rate, and a 75 percent decline of non-fatal violent crime victimization.
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Commenting on Mr. Alan Greenspan's crafting of U.S. monetary policy, a recent magazine article warned against the obsessive drive to achieve some arbitrary consumer price index rate, and compared it to Captain Ahab's fatal pursuit of Moby Dick.
CNN: QUIPPED ONE ANONYMOUS
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But with the commercial aviation accident rate at historically low levels -- there has not been a fatal commercial crash in three years -- the agency needs to look at other data to identify risky behaviors and incidents, and to address them.
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While niacin showed no difference from placebo in the death rate of the men in this study, fewer patients on niacin had a non-fatal heart attack or stroke, by 26% and 24%, respectively.
FORBES: Niacin, Statins And Difficulties Of Drug Discovery
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Wall Street is bracing for one of the biggest new drug categories in a decade: the launch of a series of antiviral medicines that could dramatically improve the cure rate for hepatitis C, a viral disease that slowly attacks the liver and is often fatal.
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