In respondents' minds, housework outranked even such necessities as adequate income and good housing, Pew says.

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As recently at 2010, it outranked 12 EU members in gross domestic product per capita.

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However, that figure dropped slightly from a year ago, and now Khan is slightly outranked by Sharif.

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It was a staple element of classic Star Trek that pretty much anyone who outranked Kirk would eventually go mad and betray everyone.

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While still outranked by England's Premier League, Spain's Liga and Italy's Serie A in terms of broadcasting dollars and ratings, the Bundesliga's overall appeal is undoubtedly growing.

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Its debate team had outranked Harvard, Yale and Princeton.

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Those answers all outranked the next three choices, which were more typical resolutions like personal health goals, with exercising, eating healthily and losing weight as a top goal for a combined 34 percent of our responders.

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And some outranked the U.S not only in those categories but also in some areas that would seem to be American strong suits, including venture capital availability, where the U.S. placed seventh and availability of scientists and engineers, where the U.S. ranked fifth.

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