Sentences with phrase «most alarming numbers»

The Age's report was particularly uncritical, reproducing the most alarming numbers and containing no dissenting opinion.

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«Our sleep numbers were the most alarming,» says Pam Webb, the parent of a current 11th grade student.

«Regardless of whether the athlete is a professional, an amateur, an Olympian or a young recreational athlete, the number of sports injuries is increasing — but the escalation of injuries in kids is the most alarming,» said Dr. James Andrews, former president of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) and STOP Sports Injuries Co-Campaign Chair.

Since 1991, the number of outbreaks of a strain called N. meningitidis subgroup C — the most common cause of outbreaks — has doubled, raising alarm among public health officials.

Nixing most of the grains and sugar from the diet go a long way to recover these glands, which are stressed and fatigued in an alarming number of people (also due to nutrient deficiencies and toxicity).

At this point, though, an increasing number of my life goals are centered around other things, and most of those things don't involve creating new, fresh, and inspiring outfits at a somewhat alarming rate.

But putting that alarming number in the spotlight obscures a more critical component of the research, says Harvard Graduate School of Education literacy expert Meredith Rowe: it's not so much the quantity of words but the quality of the talk that matters most to a child's development.

The numbers tell a sad and alarming story: Most 4th graders who live in U.S. cities can't read and understand a simple children's book, and most 8th graders can't use arithmetic to solve a practical probMost 4th graders who live in U.S. cities can't read and understand a simple children's book, and most 8th graders can't use arithmetic to solve a practical probmost 8th graders can't use arithmetic to solve a practical problem.

Although the 11th grade number of charter growth appears alarming for LAUSD, it is actually the 6th, 7th and 8th grade numbers that are most alarming.

Aware of Portland's burgeoning homeless population, those living in one of the most pet friendly cities in the U.S. were alarmed to witness the increasing numbers of pets living on Portland's streets and in homeless camps.

«Alarming number of fledgling, suburban catbirds fall prey to domestic cats, study finds,» reads the headline of the most recent version — posted not on the SMBC site, but as a feature story on Science at the Smithsonian, «a new Website from the Smithsonian Office of Public Affairs.»

In the following video, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer calls massive proposed drilling operations in the watershed that provides New York City with its drinking water is the «most alarming environmental news he has heard in a long time, and makes this the number one environmental crisis» they face in the city:

Most lawyers will recognize an alarming number of these symptoms in themselves:

Perhaps most alarming, even if you've blocked someone's phone number from your smartphone, calls to the Echo speaker will still go through.