The majority of children said they felt the pressure to win came from other children and their teammates, while a smaller number said the pressure came from parents and teachers.
One reason is that Catholic fury has found an outlet in a growing number of lay pressure groups.
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As such entrepreneurial firms grow in number, the pressure for established firms to encourage their own youth movements gets stronger.
It probably won't be enough to change the minds of MCI's board, which likely had only entertained a bid from the struggling, number four regional phone company in order to attract attention and increase the pressure on number one carrier Verizon to make an offer.
Markets expect Facebook to go public in the short-term, as its ever-rising number of shareholders puts pressure on regulators to ask management to release more financial information.
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But the world number 12 knows the pressure will be on as an expectant home crowd looks to him to justify his status as the pre-tournament favourite.
Experts say it is too early to suggest the cause of the crash but many believe it was in part due to the extra number of flights and pressure on resources at the small airport following several diversions from Las Palmas.
Bristol spent much of the second-half under pressure conceding a number of penalties along the way.
But British restaurant chain Pizza Express, under pressure from a number of takeover approaches, continues to struggle.
Tayside Police have praised the public for embracing the new non-emergency phone number, designed to take pressure off the 999 service.
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It is sometimes the best time to attack when the opposition have been putting you under pressure for a number of phases.
Then after some number of years the well pressure will fall below certain levels and a compressor will need to be installed.
Johnson, speaking at official sponsor Orange's Rugby World Cup preview event, said England need to build consistency and concentrate on accuracy, reducing the number of mistakes and keeping pressure on the opposition.
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However, during his second term, and after encouragement from Lady Thatcher, Mr Reagan employed diplomatic means as well, meeting Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on a number of occasions and putting pressure on him, both publicly and privately, to reform.
Mr Cox also suggested that increased competition due to a larger number of channels available would increase pressure on advertisement-funded channels.
So the Navy is under constant pressure to justify the number of carriers it operates, and this year the questions are especially pointed.
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And Cunningham admits that he now expects to come under pressure for his coveted number nine shirt, from young internationals James Roby and Scott Moore.
His opposite number Bruno Labbadia is currently under intense pressure and the 1983 European Cup winners cannot contemplate missing out on the final at their home stadium.
For a growing number of executives, it was the pressure to meet revenue growth targets that was undermining their commitment to comply with policies and the law.
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The United Nation's Committee for the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination has been taking evidence in Geneva from various UK pressure groups, including a number of Northern Ireland-based lobbyists.
The vast majority of British accountants who try and play fair are under pressure because of the increasing number of professionals who go to all lengths to avoid paying tax, he argued.
But hope springs eternal, and the politicians and pressure groups and no small number of corporate participants have shown up to discuss how to get people out of poverty without fouling the environment.
Health trust chief executive Philippa Slinger said hospitals nationwide had been under pressure due to a higher number of emergency admissions in the last 12 months, though she said no one was certain why demand had increased.
Stephen Pope, global equity strategist at Cantor Fitzgerald in London, says there are still a number of undetermined issues, including the pressure reading which is still short of the level that BP itself has said it needs to see to declare the well sound.
Wenger had words of sympathy for opposite number Rafael Benitez, who is under increasing pressure.
It has patented a number of the items needed to complete high pressure, high temperature wells.
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It blamed the job losses on losing a number of packaging contracts and an increased customer pressure to reduce costs.
On Monday, Wamu said it had stripped its chief executive of the chairman's title, splitting the roles and making a number of other changes to its board after pressure from shareholder activists.
So by getting the ball forward and missing out the midfield a direct-football team not only puts the opposition defence under pressure but it also reduces the number of turnovers close to its own goal.
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The result is likely to increase the pressure on Pardew's opposite number Roy Hodgson who has lost six of nine away games in the league since leaving Fulham to take over at Anfield in the summer.
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