And illiteracy has gone down, from a half to about a quarter of the people on Earth.

Up to a fourth of all American teenagers have worked the cash register at McDonald's at one time or another

She did not remember the exact figure, though the German had calculated it down to a quarter of a kopeck.

This group is heavily concentrated in certain parts, where they account for a quarter of the population.

The International Monetary Fund estimates that the euro s share of foreign exchange reserves rose to 26.4 percent in third quarter of 2007 from 25.5 percent in the second quarter of 2007, and 24.4 percent in the third quarter of 2006.

It's quarter to eight now.

It's a quarter to three.

Today, less than a quarter are located there.

Three quarters of the work was finished.

According to European surveys, three quarters of all infections affect young people between the ages of 15 and 25.

Until the third quarter of this year, the number one doubt facing the US economy concerned the Pyrrhic character of its jobless recovery. Then, during September and October of this year, net employment grew by 290,000, well ahead of most forecasts.

According to the most recent census, about one quarter of children under the age of six live in poverty.

Three quarters of the members of this club are girls.

Three fourths of the earth's surface is water.

Three fourths of the earth's surface is covered with water.

Three fourths of the earth's surface is covered with water.

Three fourths of the earth's surface is covered with water.

The platypus needs to eat about 20 of its own weight each day, which requires it to spend an average of 12 hours daily looking for food.

Suspected reason a B in geography last quarter.

Three fourths of the people of this town don't vote.

Between 1950 and 1980, most Latin American countries middle classes comprised between one quarter and one third of the population.

In India, which accounts for almost three quarters of this population, the numbers increased from 420 million to 455 million during this period.

France s economy is roughly three quarters the size of Germany s.

On the Test for Severe Impairment, where scores can range from zero to 24, three quarters of these patients scored zero.

For example, the average homeowner premium in Florida soared from 723 at the start of 2002 to 1,465 in the first quarter of 2007.

In 1923, emigration to the United States of America, which started in the late 19th century, reached its climax in some places up to a quarter of the population went overseas.

But as Louis Kuijs of the World Bank has pointed out, what sets China apart from many other developing countries is not that households save uniquely high levels of their income, but that enterprises do.

I have watched the problems of international cooperation for a quarter century.

Three quarters of them are still based in developed regions.

The country as a whole is absorbing an astounding three quarters of global excess savings.

Chinese households do save a lot, about one quarter of their income.

The Copenhagen Fire of 1728 was the largest in the history of Copenhagen.

Between one quarter and one third of Continental Europeans feel permanently disenfranchised, and are prepared to vote for any protest party, whether far right or far left.

The cooperative infrastructure model says, why do you want to give up a quarter of the value?

But the 36 instances of imposed fines represent less than a fourth of all the archived reports.

More than a quarter of Victorian workers are employed by the community, social and personal services sector.

For more than a quarter century, Israeli policy has been in conflict with that of the United States and the international community.

She looked at her cell phone and noticed that it was already a quarter till two.

Here, Beethoven inscribed on the score (in French) In the manner of a recitative, but in tempo.

After scoring only 13 points in the game, Jordan went to the bench with 4 minutes and 13 seconds remaining in the third quarter and with his team trailing the Philadelphia 76ers, 75 56.

Though second quarter GDP growth was weak the euro zone average was only 0.3 year on year third quarter data are indicating a sustained economic pick up in the second half of the year.

During the last quarter century, global economic growth has soared, but Africa continued to lose ground.

Combined, these state owned assets total almost three quarters of China s national productive wealth.

BUENOS AIRES Three quarters of Americans now disapprove of President George W. Bush s performance.

And as you can see, that's three quarters of the food that we're eating for the most part processed foods and fast foods.