Sentences with phrase «higher than in the middle»

They tested joint angles from long (90 degrees of knee flexion) to short (30 degrees of knee flexion) muscle lengths, expecting to see greater gains for the isotonic group at both ends of the range of motion, where loading was higher than in the middle.

Not exact matches

Flight times between the world's major cities would be drastically reduced, therefore reducing the «convenience premium» — whereby property prices in cities like London are higher than New York because of their proximity to Africa, the Middle East, Russia and the rest of Europe.

Despite early signs that a fast - food diet is no healthier in Beijing than it is in Boston, consumers who are new to middle - class dining seem less concerned about the health risks of the high - fat, high - sodium fare that many Americans now seek to avoid.

One recent (if small study) that followed a diverse group 183 teens who attended public high school for a decade, starting in middle school, found that «by the age of 22, these «cool kids» are rated as less socially competent than their peers.

In effect, the new middle price plan lets a customer who wants higher - quality video but doesn't need high - speed tethering pay $ 10 less than under the old Plus plan.

That sentiment is substantially stronger among Millennial males than females and among those in middle - and high - income brackets (around 40 percent) than those who consider themselves as being in lower - income brackets (27 percent).

What doesn't play in the state's favor is its high cost of living, bolstered by higher - than - average home prices and middling deposit account rates — and the second - highest median property tax in the country.

With much higher marine traffic than exists today, what if two of these supertankers collide in the middle of the night and spew their combined cargo into the narrow straights of Burrard Inlet?

During the middle of the 18th Century and well into the beginning of the 19th Century India produced far more textiles — and usually much cheaper and of better quality — than did England, but a number of measures aimed at undermining Indian textile producers and protecting British textile producers (tariffs that almost always exceeded 50 %, for example, and by 1813 were as high as 85 %) meant that at some point in the first half of the 19th Century the British textile industry had become the most efficient in the world and was able largely to eliminate the Indian textile industry from global competition.

In 2014, an upper - middle income household with three people lived on about $ 126,000 to $ 188,000, and a highest - income household lived on more than $ 188,000.

In addition, many upper - middle - income taxpayers who face the Alternative Minimum Tax — a higher tax than their regular income tax — will not be able to claim deductions that may be allowed on a regular tax return, according to tax analyst Mark Luscombe of CCH, part of Wolters Kluwer.

This is significantly higher than expected at the time of the last Statement, when futures markets expected that the federal funds rate would only be around 2 1/2 per cent in the middle of 2005.

The Fed subsequently changed its tone and gave its clearest sign yet that it might raise rates in December, but investors seemed to have become relatively more relaxed about the prospect of higher US rates than they were throughout the middle part of this year.

Analysts speculated that Fortescue's weak export rate in October and November may be linked to the Chinese shutdowns and the middle kingdom's growing preference for iron ore with higher grades than Fortescue typically produces.

Many of the largest banks in the Middle East posted record earnings in 2012, as they continued to pursue conservative lending policies in a region that is growing faster than most, thanks to high oil prices and extravagant government spending.

It's not meant to be an attack on men, or white men, or white middle class men, but an attempt to open our eyes to perhaps perceive a little bit how we might have an advantage based on these markers, such as higher wages than women in the same line of work.

Those of us who are privileged (e.g, are white, male, middle - class or higher, educated, able - bodied, heterosexual, and / or physically attractive, etc.) benefit from living in a society that accommodates rather than alienates us.

Whatever doubts may exist about the sources of this democracy, there can be none about the chief source of the morality that gives it life and substance... [From the Hebrew tradition, via the Puritans, come] the contract and all its corollaries; the higher law as something more than a «brooding omnipresence in the sky»; the concept of the competent and responsible individual; certain key ingredients of economic individualism; the insistence on a citizenry educated to understand its rights and duties; and the middle - class virtues, that high plateau of moral stability on which, so Americans believe, successful democracy must always build [Seedtime of the Republic (Harcourt, Brace, 1953, p. 55)-RSB-.

A new Renaissance must come, and a much greater one than that in which we stepped out of the Middle Ages; a great Renaissance in which mankind discovers that the ethical is the highest truth and the highest practicality....

It is no accident that in Gerbner «s TV - violence profile, lower class and nonwhite characters are especially prone to victimization, are more violent than their middle class counterparts, and pay a high price for engaging in violence (jail, death).12.

Islam expanded much faster than Christianity and had established an impressive civilization in only half the time it took Christianity to reach the High Middle Ages.

It is no accident that in the Gerbner TV - violence profile, lower - class and nonwhite characters are depicted as especially prone to victimization, as more violent than their middle - class counterparts, as paying a high price for engaging in violence (jail, death).

Indeed, the headline «Author Describes Journey In and Out of Church Through the Imagery of Seven Sacraments» is far less interesting than «Author Gives the Middle Finger to Evangelicalism For the High of Smells and Bells.»

I did have soft middles in the first batch, so I made the rest thinner — a little more than 1/4 ″ high.

Pour the mixture on top of the biscuit base, use the back of a spoon to smooth a small hollow in the middle, leaving about 1 ″ at the edge which is higher than the middle of the cake.

This explains why the customer base of Aldi and Lidl is increasingly middle class — 24 per cent of their shoppers come from the AB socio ‑ economic group — which is almost in line with Tesco and is higher than Morrisons and Asda.

Note: I enjoyed this book in spite of the narration on audible - the narrator's tone sounded like a high class 40 year old rather than a middle school / high school kid.

(You want it higher in the middle than along the edges.)

When I put a two -, three - or four - iron in my hand, my left hand instinctively tends to get stronger on the club than it does when I grip a wood or a middle or high iron.

His upside was higher than that of your normal Iowa quarterback, but in the middle of a lovely stretch in 2015, he went 24 - for - 52 against Wisconsin and Illinois.

One more plus with Warner — he's very young for a senior graduate (he turns 22 in the middle of November)-- so his potential for further growth & learning is higher than most of the other LBs in the draft.

After Cazorla's sparkling display against Besiktas in the second leg, it's high time that the manager takes note, and gets the Spaniard playing in the middle of the park a lot more than what he normally does.

It's clear that many NHL teams value Gudbranson more than outsiders do for whatever reason, but given where Vancouver is as a franchise, that should be an opportunity to sell high for long - term assets, not lock up an overrated member of a middling defense that already has over $ 15 million tied up in four players for 2018 - 19.

High school boys had significantly greater odds of using protein powder / shades and other muscle - enhancing substances than those in middle school;

The study's authors offered several possible explanations for the concussion rate in female middle school soccer players four times higher than in the most recent study of female high school soccer players.

If your child is doing more than 10 minutes or so per grade of homework in elementary school, an hour or so in middle school and 2 - 2 1/2 hours in high school then they are working past the point of homework providing any advantage.

We argue with the teacher about our kids» less than perfect grades in middle and high school, as if the teacher has made a mistake instead of our perfect kid.

She is also the Development Director for a non-profit organization that provides high quality early care and education for more than 400 low - income children in Middle Tennessee.

► When parents were asked about the benefits that their middle school or high school aged child gets from playing sports, more than eight in ten say their child benefits a great deal or quite a bit in the following ways: physical health (88 %), it gives him / her something to do (83 %), or it helps him / her learn about discipline or dedication (81 %).

Female partners of circumcised men do not report a lower rate of cervical cancer, 40 nor does circumcision prevent penile cancer.41 A recent study shows that the penile cancer rate is higher in the US than in Denmark, where circumcision, except among Middle - Eastern immigrant workers, is almost unheard of.42 Indeed, researchers should investigate the possibility that circumcision has actually increased the rate of these diseases.

The proportion is even higher among middle - class women with well - paid jobs — more than 90 per cent of mothers in managerial or professional roles breastfeed.

The women that had higher levels of pCRH during the middle of their pregnancies were more than likely to be depressed in the first three months of postpartum.

University of Washington researchers analyzed more than 1.7 million school lunches selected by students in three middle schools and three high schools near Seattle over a 31 - month period.

So he instituted the middle school concept of team teaching to Hadley Junior High School in Glen Ellyn, where he was principal for more than 20 years and developed a tight bond with hundreds of students.

Gain New Perspectives: More than 54 million students in middle and high school participate in youth sports making youth athlete safety a hot topic for a broad audience.

For example, in high - income countries breastfeeding reduces the risk of sudden infant deaths by more than a third, while in low - and middle - income countries about half of all diarrhoea episodes and a third of respiratory infections could be avoided by breastfeeding.

Polls show consistently higher support for the EU among middle - class professionals than those in working - class categories.

Shipping LNG from America or the Middle East to the Netherlands will be cheaper than shipping LNG to Lithuania, so Russians can demand higher prices in Klaipeda than in Rotterdam before they are underbid by other providers.

[37] Mahopac is the largest school district in Putnam County, educating more than 5,000 students in four elementary schools, a middle school, and a high school (1600 students).

Under the governor's budget proposal, two of the top items on his wish list — covering state college tuition for hundreds of thousands of low - and middle - income New Yorkers, and a package of tax cuts aimed at the middle class — would be made possible in part by a three - year extension of a higher tax on people who make more than $ 1 million a year, another policy favored by liberals.