Perhaps even more alarmingly, some 250, 000 die within an hour of the first symptoms becoming evident.

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More alarmingly, if rivers dump more water into oceans, then rising sea levels (see article) will rise more rapidly still.

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Even more alarmingly, Israel has no medium-range or long-range conventional missile arsenals.

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More alarmingly, despite the evidence that some insurers are writing new policies at a loss to hang on to business, customers are abandoning them.

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More alarmingly, foreign students are increasingly turning to non-U.S. universities.

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He said that literacy rate in rural Sindh is alarmingly low and that more than half or 58% rural population of Sindh is illiterate.

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Sectarian clashes, a dismal feature of Egyptian life for more than a decade, have risen alarmingly.

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His logic is alarmingly simple: If people make more money, they spend more money.

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That, alarmingly, makes European cash all the more attractive.

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Job satisfaction among doctors is alarmingly low (30-40% wish they had done something else, more would warn their children against doing it).

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