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Unfortunately, only one-twentieth of United States jobs require science and math backgrounds.
Test scores and economic competitiveness Valerie Strauss 2011
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■ Clive Goodman kicks up a stink from clink and gets offered £243,000; Glenn Mulcaire collects as much again in subsidised legal fees; Gordon Taylor has his phone hacked and nets nearly a million for a trailblazing privacy suit where one-twentieth of that might appear a more reasonable bet, in European Convention terms.
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But what the results do suggest is that Melanesians -- the inhabitants of Papua New Guinea and islands northeast of Australia -- have inherited as much as one-twentieth of their DNA from the 'Denisovans', indicating that some limited inter-breeding took place between these ancient populations.
Dr. Denis Alexander: Made In The Image Of God: The Theological Implications Of Human Genomics -- Part 1 Dr. Denis Alexander 2011
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The MTA's Long Island Rail Road, which has one-twentieth the number of riders the subway does, spent $742,432 for service-change advertisements in 2010, the audit said.
Audit Faults Subway Woes Andrew Grossman 2011
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The Berkeley-Brookings projections put the size of the deficit in 2040 at 20 percent of GDP, so containing Social Security costs might address one-twentieth of the problem ...
Economic Policy Analysis, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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But what the results do suggest is that Melanesians -- the inhabitants of Papua New Guinea and islands northeast of Australia -- have inherited as much as one-twentieth of their DNA from the 'Denisovans', indicating that some limited inter-breeding took place between these ancient populations.
Dr. Denis Alexander: Made In The Image Of God: The Theological Implications Of Human Genomics -- Part 1 Dr. Denis Alexander 2011
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The most startling stretch is that the Supreme Court struck down "455 out of one million laws passed, or less than one-twentieth of 1%."
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A fully loaded eighteen-wheel tractor-trailer, without the capability to stop as quickly as a car one-twentieth its weight, was plowing into a dark blue van just behind Stu and Margaret.
Manifesting Michelangelo Joseph Pierce Farrell 2011
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A fully loaded eighteen-wheel tractor-trailer, without the capability to stop as quickly as a car one-twentieth its weight, was plowing into a dark blue van just behind Stu and Margaret.
Manifesting Michelangelo Joseph Pierce Farrell 2011
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The production process of recycled aluminium has the advantage of consuming only one-twentieth of the energy needed to obtain primary aluminium.
Sustainable Design Update » Blog Archive » Invitrum by Valcucine 2010
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