AMAZINGLY, WHILE all of these developments are alarming, and while all of them have justifiably dominated much of the coverage of the Middle East in recent weeks and months, the fact is that all of them pale in comparison to what is happening in Iran.

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While these are not at alarming rates yet, "in the future, that is something we have to be careful about, " he says.

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It makes sense, but shifting a longstanding cultural preference could take a while and in the meantime elephants are being slaughtered at an alarming rate.

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While the sample sizes were quite small, the findings are nonetheless alarming.

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While teaching, she noticed that girls were dropping out of school at an alarming rate.

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Many people in the industry have told me over the last year that while non-performing loans were rising, they were not yet rising to an alarming rate.

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All three had huge budget deficits (so were adding to their debts at an alarming rate) and were struggling to keep their economies on track, while at the same time cutting spending and raising taxes.

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