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"Each element of the study indicated that A-level physics had become easier over time and even the majority of teachers attributed rising pass rates over the past decade to this, " he said.
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While PCs continue to account for the majority of global DRAM sales, rising contribution of alternate markets including mobile, tablets, servers, automation and networking contribute to higher DRAM shipments both via rising volumes as well as increasing content in these devices.
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"The cold reality is that for the vast majority of households, (a rising stock market) has not increased their wealth much, " Vitner said.
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The vast majority of American universities are obsessed by rising up the academic hierarchy, becoming a bit less like Yokel-U and a bit more like Yale.
ECONOMIST: Schumpeter
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And regardless of economic challenges--be it rising gas prices or interest rates--an overwhelming majority of these moms will be celebrated come Mother's Day.
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But while many major international banks have seen large writedowns in the wake of rising defaults among the sub-prime mortgage market, the majority of China's US mortgage-backed securities were underwritten by US government agencies such as Fannie Mae.
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The vote comes at a time of rising tensions between Iraq's Sunni Arab minority and the Shiite majority that has dominated politics since the U.S.-led invasion a decade ago.
NPR: Iraqis Go To Polls For First Time Since US Pullout
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In the UK there are thought to be more than 9, 000, the majority of them women, and that figure is currently rising at 5% a year, with some population predictions suggesting a total of more than 58, 000 by 2032.
BBC: Centenarians 'depression prone'
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Mr Annan warned the Security Council that Burundi's Tutsi elite and the Hutu majority were "locked in implacable hostility to one another" with steadily rising violence.
BBC: Burundi pledges to close 10 camps
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The majority of respondents said that oil prices would impact their sentiment if prices kept rising.
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