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  • n  three of four equal parts

  • In 2001, I had hoped it was an aberration when polls showed that three-quarters of Americans believed that Saddam Hussein was responsible for attacking us on Sept.
  • The cost of staple foods has risen some 50% in Haiti since last year, a crushing trend in a country where three-quarters of the population lives on less than $2 a day.
  • A 1997 survey of 32 outstanding physics and chemistry students that was conducted by the National Taiwan Normal University found more than three-quarters of them were the eldest .
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  • Gordon Brown in AFP
    In these moments of sorrow and sadness, we must never forget why we are in Afghanistan and why people are making the sacrifice that they are making,Brown said Sunday. "Three-quarters of the terrorist plots that hit Britain derive from the...
  • Lou Piniella in ABC News
    There are 30 clubs and probably three-quarters are looking for pitching,new Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella said. "There's a lot of interesting pitchers out there. At the end of the year, the teams that have pitching, and healthy...

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