Sentences with phrase «drop in the absolute numbers»

Medtronic is a consistent generator of free cash flow, even following the Covidien acquisition, although the acquisition caused a drop in the absolute numbers.

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The rise in the number of engineering students also masks a slight drop in the proportion of women (but not the absolute numbers) in the classroom, as computer engineering — the fastest growing specialty — attracts a heavily male enrollment.

«The numbers in our report indicate an absolute crisis in many California districts since suspending students out of school — with no guarantee of adult supervision - greatly increases the risk for dropping out and involvement in the juvenile justice system.»

^ ^ ^ ^ data showing 1.0 C / decade rate of decline in lower troposphere temperature since 2010 — I'm not making it up — global average temperature has been dropping like a stone since 2010 — in fact that rate of decline is itself alarming if it continues for long — it had better be a freak happenstance of back - to - back to La Ninas because a repeat of the Little Ice Age will have a far higher toll in absolute number of lives lost compared to the last one.