(e) The upper and lower limits of each range would be based on a flexibility of 15 per cent upward and downward from the midpoint of the desirable range, but not less than 4.8 posts up and down, the upper limit of the range being not less than 14 posts

Arrow instructions direct the control flow to the left, right, up or down, and loops are constructed by sending the control flow in a cycle.

The number of chairwomen of Provincial People's Committees decreased remarkably and is too small in comparison with men.

In the wake of this concentrated activity, the number of trafficked victims has decreased substantially during 2004, according to Police estimates.

Until recently, there was a precipitate fall off in the implementation of commitments after the Monterrey Consensus, particularly in the mobilization of financial resources for development.

Thanks to strong political commitments together with a nation wide healthcare network, maternal and child mortality rate has been reduced significantly in Viet Nam.

If the fund s losses are big enough that rounding off still leaves it short of a stable 1.00 value, the fund breaks the buck.

Violence dropped sharply in the Israeli Palestinian conflict, as actions by leaders on both sides generated new hopes for peace.

But if the US fails to narrow its savings gap, its current account deficit will not disappear, regardless of where the dollar goes.

In 2003, 26,000 women received monthly alimony payments from the NII an 8 decrease from the previous year.

At the same time, the Government has revised its revenue estimates downwards from 300 million to 280 million for 1383 and from 400 million to 335 million for 1384.

Since the beginning of the 1990's, the level of fertility in Israel remained constant with an average of 2.9 births per woman, a sharp decline from the 3.9 average in the 1960's.

For example, the number of people who believe that preschool children suffer due to the fact that their mother is working has diminished. The number of those favouring the previous situation has in fact declined drastically.

The earliest version of a slanted footstool can be found in Jerusalem, but throughout the Eastern Christian world until the 17th century, the footstool is slanted the other way, pointing upwards rather than downwards, making the downward footstool a Russian innovation.

Mortality rates of children between their first and fifth birthday also declined from 61 per 1,000 live births in 1985 to 6 per 1,000 live births in 1995, a decline of 89 per cent in the 10 years preceding the census, and it maintained that level in 1999.