Instead of skipping out on higher education altogether, they chose community colleges or state schools with low bars for admittance.

他们没有完全跳过高等教育阶段，而是选择了社区大学或准入门槛较低的州立大学。

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Quaker Chewy Wholesome low-fat granola bars--PepsiCo calls them a "sensible snack"--aren't really that wholesome.

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In Key West, bikes bunch up around the bars like kelp at low tide.

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First, it drops below the bar on diminishing selling volume (the red volume bars) and establishes a low.

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