Some girls, especially when they reach ages of 15 or 14, they drop out of school.

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Most of the rest are shunted off into special schools for the mentally disabled or else drop out of normal school before they are 15 years old, many of them defeated by bullying and homework that is hard to finish in cold and unlit homes.

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But there is no reason to think they will drop out in the next year or two.

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Thus at DUOC, where three-quarters of students come from the poorest three-fifths of society, about 35% drop out, either for economic reasons or because they find the courses too hard, according to Jaime Alcalde, the rector.

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Whether by coincidence (as they claim) or by design, Lukoil and Yukos did not drop out until after that.

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This is recent buyers who cannot afford to have the price drop much or else their profit is wiped out or they end up with a loss.

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They can pick up a live ballgame from space, but, since the human body interferes with satellite signals, they all too often drop out in the middle of a base hit or song.

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Colorado has closed its plan to new enrollees and is giving its 7, 800 current account holders until February to drop out and get back the amount they invested (with no appreciation in some cases) or remain on stingier terms: It will now cover tuition increases of up to only 5.5% a year.

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