Annual growth fell below 3 on average.

This number actually fell slightly in 2003 relative to 2002, after modest increases in previous years.

As a result, poverty fell from 58 in 1979 to below 15 today.

In the occupied Palestinian territories, the real GDP fell below its 1986 level.

The plan assumes a 6.5 real return for stocks only slightly below Siegel s constant in future decades.

Common ages Students may be slightly younger or older than stated below, due to variation between states and territories.

Turnout in the Majles elections fell below 51 one of the worst since the revolution.

Both local and Western election monitors have said that the poll fell far below acceptable standards.

Following the adoption of this legislation, political spending remained significant but fell somewhat below previous levels.

Mortgage interest rates fell below 5 in March and April, but have risen significantly since then.

In contrast, US home prices were uneventful before the Great Depression, and actually fell slightly in real terms between 1925 and 1929.

In 2001 the overall illiteracy rate was 20.5 per cent, with the rate for women being slightly below that for men.

With cat like grace he leapt toward the ledge, missed it and fell to the ground below.

Instead, spending fell 300 billion below trend in 2007 alone, and has remained depressed for four years.

The ceremonial pole and flags can be seen in the background, slightly to the left of centre, below the tracks behind the buildings.

A Hayes maneuver (pressure applied below the umbilicus in cephalad and dorsal direction) elevates the root of the SMA, also slightly easing the constriction.

The proportion of women Provincial Council members even declined slightly, to 29.4 , and is still way below the target figure of 40 by 2004.

While earned revenues fell below projections, change management expenditures were contained and the implementation of some change initiatives was deferred.

In 2003, for the first time, the industry fell slightly from first place to third in terms of profitability, but its profits were still well above the median.

Though its share of the popular vote fell just below the 5 threshold required to enter the Bundestag, the party performed surprisingly well.

Benchmark policy rates are currently below headline inflation in India, South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, and Indonesia. They are only slightly positive in China, Taiwan, and Malaysia.

The Committee notes with concern that 10.6 per cent of the Serbian population and 12.2 per cent of the Montenegrin population currently live below the poverty line and that another 25,000 persons in Serbia would fall below the poverty line if it were increased slightly.

According to the IMF, world real long term interest rates peaked at nearly 7 on average in 1984, and fell to just below 2 by 2004.

This is possible because the lift force is generated at right angles to the air flow, which in gliding flight comes from slightly below the horizontal (because the bird is descending).

It was estimated that 23 per cent of households in Palestine fell below the poverty line in 1998, with an additional 14 per cent in deep poverty.

Among Shi ites, the number disagreeing was 50 . Among Sunnis, the number fell below a majority only 44 believed in the equal importance of higher education for girls and boys.

In Mexico, before recent reforms, 2 4 million households either spent 30 or more of their disposable income or fell below the poverty line because of catastrophic health spending.

And slightly to one side.

Similar. Similar ... but slightly uglier.

Obama is only slightly better.

In the azimuthal system, strike and dip are often given as STRIKE DIP (for example 347 15, for a strike that is slightly West of North and a dip of 15 degrees below the horizontal).

Other countries adopted slightly different models.

Even after the FPÖ fell to only 10 from 27 in the national elections in 2002, Haider's support in Carinthia did not diminish and he succeeded in the 2004 elections receiving a slightly higher percentage (42.5 ) than in 1999.

You're actually doing slightly worse not significantly, but slightly worse. You don't want to be a lithium patient this time.

Because the structure failed in less than a minute, 46 drivers and passengers in cars on the bridge at the time were killed as the suspended roadway fell into the river below.

Other key financial indicators had slightly deteriorated.

This system favours slightly the larger parties.

Other key financial indicators had slightly deteriorated.

That means large investments in public education, including higher education substantial investments in infrastructure, funded by a highly progressive tax whose top marginal effective rate never fell below 50 and strong labor unions.

According to a European Commission estimate, Latvian GDP was almost 14 above potential at the peak of the boom, then fell to 10 below potential when the boom went bust. The recovery, however, was equally rapid, with GDP now back to potential (albeit below the unsustainable peak of the boom).

Sami fell.

Tom often drives slightly over the speed limit.

Tom often drives slightly over the speed limit.

Barclays stock price rose slightly on the news.

The fifth source of optimism is slightly paradoxical.