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  • Mr. Icahn has been sharply critical of the company's board and management in recent months for what he has called a "below-average" operating performance fueled by missteps in international growth plans and a poor investment record.

    Icahn Ends Commercial Metals Bid Matt Jarzemsky 2012

  • If we focus on giving as a fraction of income, 70 percent of above-average givers to religious causes are also above-average givers to secular causes, while 67 percent of below-average givers to religious causes are below-average givers to secular causes.11 In short, while a few of us confine our giving either to religious causes or to secular causes, most of us either give to both or give to neither.

    American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

  • Well, half of all Americans have a below-average IQ.

    Clinton edges out Palin in 'Most Admired' poll 2009

  • The Food and Agriculture Organization, the FAO, says the region has been hit with two consecutive seasons with “significantly below-average rainfall.”

    East Africa Food Shortages Expected to Affect More People 2011

  • FWIW, my personal opinion was that Reagan was a below-average preznit.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Judge Reinhardt’s Dig on Sarah Palin 2010

  • And some outside measures of customer satisfaction rated Wells below-average before it acquired Wachovia.

    In Tribute to Wells, Banks Try the Hard Sell Randall Smith 2011

  • In a 2004 study, patients with above-average IGF levels had nearly a 50 percent higher risk of prostate cancer and a 65 percent higher risk of hormone-dependent premenopausal breast cancer than people with below-average levels.

    Hormones In Food: Should You Worry? Health.com 2011

  • The Food and Agriculture Organization, the FAO, says the region has been hit with two consecutive seasons with “significantly below-average rainfall.”

    East Africa Food Shortages Expected to Affect More People 2011

  • In a 2004 study, patients with above-average IGF levels had nearly a 50 percent higher risk of prostate cancer and a 65 percent higher risk of hormone-dependent premenopausal breast cancer than people with below-average levels.

    Hormones In Food: Should You Worry? Health.com 2011

  • The $16 billion offering sold long-bonds at 3.199%—more that the government expected to have to pay—and was greeted with below-average demand.

    Treasurys Hold Onto Losses Cynthia Lin 2011

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