We have one of the highest high school dropout rates of any industrialized nation.
We have one of the highest high school dropout rates of any industrialized nation, and half of the students who begin college never finish.
Hazara girls have one of the highest high-school graduation rates in the country, and Hazara women have become some of the most visible symbols of the new Afghanistan.
You see very high - the highest are high, but the lows are very low.
But upon arrival in the village of Imlil, the highest of the High Atlas mountains seems to soften.
Grounds are carefully manicured, schedules are tightly adhered to on stages with the highest of high tech sound systems.
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These facts are not lost on the highest rated high school athletes.
The state is home to some of the highest of high-technology in Germany and its jobless rate, 6.4% in July, is not much more than half the national average.
The return on high-yield bonds according to the Merrill Lynch High Yield Bond Index is the highest it has ever been, at 7%, up 2.9% year-to-date.
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High water mark: the highest reach of the water at high tide.
"The high-valued homes that are fetching the highest prices are the ones that cater to the lifestyle interests of the high-net-worth individuals, " she says, citing considerations like easy access to leisure activities and good food and wine.
Some of the highest smoking rates are in Southern states, and the proportion of women who failed to finish high school is also highest in the South.
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We also suggest you use the highest graphics settings and high levels of AA in most games.
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The result has been high growth, low unemployment, high savings and the highest home-ownership rates in the world.
Spain, which has the 4th largest economy in Europe, is currently struggling with high unemployment (the highest unemployment rate in Europe), increased borrowing costs, a stressed banking system and rising tensions amongst its citizens as it relates to austerity measures being considered by Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.
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The new GM enjoys high transaction prices, among the highest in each vehicle class.
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When it comes to the Ideal Spectator Sport, fan expectations are high, some of the highest in virtually any product and service category you can name.
And I would make the point here that having enacted these ethical -- high ethical standards, the highest in history, and having pursued and delivered on a level of transparency that is unprecedented, it is important to note that being a supporter does not qualify you for a job or guarantee you a job, but it does not disqualify you, obviously.
Dr. ORNSTEIN: If the expectations are high generally, they're highest on the left.
This likely understates the problem since the cost of living in the borough is now the second-highest in the nation to Manhattan, surpassing even high-tone San Francisco.
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To the west are the saw-edges of glacier-encrusted rock and ice, serrated by more than 30 jagged peaks heavy with snow, the highest of which is 6, 768m-high Huascaran, the tallest mountain in the tropics.
Peak operating earnings is either 12-month trailing operating earnings when they are at a high or the highest past 12-month trailing operating earnings when they are not.
The U.S. corporation tax is already the highest in the world and rich Americans are subject to high marginal tax rates, though not high enough to satisfy Sachs.
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Millet has argued cases in nearly every federal appeals court and gone 32 times before the Supreme Court, the second-highest number of high court appearances of any female attorney.
CareerCast gives the highest ratings to jobs with high points for work environment, low stress points, and low points for physical demands, in addition to strong compensation figures and robust job growth numbers.
But the future of Indian Country rests on something more: the education we provide our children. (Applause.) We know that Native Americans face some of the lowest matriculation rates and highest high school and college dropout rates.
Dr. Samuel Putnam , an assistant professor of psychology at Bowdoin College in Maine, says thrill seeking behavior is mostly genetic, and that signs of it--from climbing the highest tree to swinging as high as possible on a swing set--can be recognized from very early ages.
The nation's civilian "high" alert -- the second highest level of warning -- was put in place Tuesday.
New York has been on "orange" alert, or the second-highest level -- indicating a high risk of terror attack -- since the color-coded warning system was established after the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Worse, the unemployment rate is 18%, the highest in the EU, and the budget deficit remains stubbornly high, at 3.9% of GDP last year and 3.4% forecast for this year.
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