This is a preliminary figure, but it contrasts sharply with third quarter growth of 3.1%.
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It contrasts sharply with the strikingly vivid and anatomically correct virtual patients on the computer screen nearby.
In that, it contrasts its approach with that of other services, notably JustGiving, which has most of the online giving market.
But perhaps the most jarring thing about Kidd's game is how much it contrasts from the stellar play he flashed three months ago.
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As a light-hearted comedy, it contrasts with the historical epics and action flicks that make up most of China's domestic film releases, says Liv Yi, an analyst at Beijing-based entertainment industry consultancy Entgroup.
That includes some companies that gave less in 2011, and it contrasts with the 13% rise in donations from 2009 to 2010, when most corporations had a rebound in profits following the recession.
And, it contrasts with the current crossfire of accusations (vehemently denied by the Rwandan government) of alleged support to a rebel group in its chronically violent next-door neighbor, the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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And it highlighted the contrasts between a thriving team and a dying one.
Yet in some ways it is precisely these contrasts that are most worrying.
Margaret discovered a country of great contrasts, but it was a place which draws her back nevertheless.
But his recurring preoccupation with writing and reading and books strikes home, and it is here that he contrasts most sharply with Ms Fadiman.
In many ways it was a game of contrasts - with Newcastle often searching out tall striker Carroll, while the visitors looked to play the ball down the channels for Bellamy - but both teams were united by their desire to attack.
It is most useful for seeing sharp contrasts, such as the painted white line of a crosswalk on a dark road.
If there is one city in Brazil that showcases the stark and sometimes brutal contrasts of uneven development, it is this place.
What's maddening is how much Mayweather's recklessness outside the ring contrasts with his discipline inside it he is a sharp, conscientious, well-studied boxer, which is one reason he's never been beaten, and why a fight with Pacquiao so tantalizing.
If America sticks to those standards now it will display a strength and sanity that contrasts with the shrill absolutism and cyber-vandalism of the WikiLeaks partisans.
With Brazilian society's countless facets and stark contrasts serving as their inspiration, it would seem the film festival circuit hasn't seen the last of Salles, Meirelles and co.
"Back in Barnardo's day the contrasts between rich and poor were stark, it was easy to see who was in need, " she says.
It is on health that the two candidates offer the sharpest contrasts.
It offers the most vibrant and richest colors with the highest contrasts and the brightest picture quality of any Samsung LED TV to date.
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It's been a day - and a night - of contrasts at Lashkar Gah.
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Beneath the kiwi, she planted four lavender bushes, which do double duty: The silvery-blue foliage contrasts with the dark foliage of the kiwi, and it camouflages the vine's bare stem.
While you're never far from an urban vignette that contrasts with the central business district's gloss, it's best to plunge into another area of the city for more local color and flavor.
This contrasts with taking a general purpose solution and trying to to it to a very high performance application.
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Using different stains for each board, he emphasized the contrasts creating a work of art that is as functional as it is beautiful.
In two hours and eight minutes, it trots through the central plot, conveying key dialogue, descriptions, and contrasts in bits that would fit into thought balloons.
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