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The result, administrators say, was significantly fewer behavioral issues and a healthier student body.
It would focus on a programme that was about "increasing productivity" and "dealing with the fact that we've got fewer reserves in real terms than we had years ago".
From BBC
Ultimately, the district report states, fewer than 1% of the district’s more than 83,000 employees are likely to be at risk of losing a district job entirely.
From Los Angeles Times
The measure would exempt new construction for the first 10 years and owner-occupied buildings with four or fewer units.
Among all Americans, some 77% have pessimistic views of the economy, leaving fewer than one-quarter with an upbeat outlook, polling by the Journal and NORC, a research group, found last year.
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