Sentences with phrase «percent of the public»

Though Bersani and Monti have said all parties must work together, anti-Europe, anti-euro and anti-austerity parties headed by Berlusconi and Grillo have received 50 percent of the public vote, sending a clear signal to politicians that there is no mood for more austerity dictated by Brussels.

The way U.S. securities law works, if you buy more than 5 percent of a public company's stock, you have to disclose what you're up to.

The hurricane destroyed the island's electric grid, and 84 percent of the public utility's customers still don't have power.

A Quinnipiac poll conducted in April found it was supported by 94 percent of the public.

Whereas a 2005 survey conducted by the Human Rights Center at the University of California, Berkeley showed 53 percent of the public preferring peace with trials, by 2007, 80 percent had come to prefer peace with amnesty.

Fifty - five percent of public school students are in schools in which over 90 percent of all students are white or minority.

Several years ago, the National Education Association reported that about twenty percent of our public school teachers could profit from psychotherapeutic help because of minor emotional difficulties.

In the Gallup survey, for example, 90 percent of the public claimed to have thought about «living a worthwhile life» at least a fair amount (or a lot) during the preceding two years; 83 percent said they had thought often about their «basic values in life»; 81 percent gave the same response for «your relation to God»; and 70 percent gave similar answers for «developing your faith.»

And it would fail to establish that point for the same reason that the law would not be justified in receding from the protection of the children even if those feelings changed overnight and 95 percent of the public now «despised their children.»

According to a CNN / Opinion Research Corporation poll released Tuesday, 61 percent of the public says yes, with one in ten saying no and nearly a quarter unsure.

In another Gallup survey, 64 percent of the public indicated that their relationship to God was very important to their own sense of self - worth, and nine out of ten expressed satisfaction with this relationship.

The Gallup survey showed that «growing into a deeper relationship with God» was considered very important by 56 percent of the public and fairly important by an additional 26 percent.

(The requirement is found in 80 percent of private schools and 74 percent of homeschool situations, compared to 7 percent of public schools)

«[Betting has been] largely one - sided action on the Cavs as we have almost 85 percent of the public wagers on the visitors.

«If we have 90 percent of the public on one side and two wiseguys on the other, we aren't going to shade toward the «smart» side because of the lopsided action.

That while they are only 17 percent of the public school population, they represent 35.6 percent of students who experienced corporal punishment, 37.4 percent of all students suspended and 37.9 percent of all students expelled.

Fifty - five percent of the public is betting on the San Francisco 49ers to cover, with a whopping 71 percent wagering on them on the money line and 66 percent on the over.

Seventy - six percent of spread bets on this game are on San Antonio with 85 percent of the public on the over.

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Sixty - nine percent of the public is unsurprisingly going with the 6 - 1 team as a slight favorite, and 65 % have taken the over given the low total.

Betting trends say that 57 percent of public is betting on road favorite Steelers, with 55 percent taking them on the money line.

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Betting trends say that money is coming in on Vanderbilt with 72 percent of the public betting the chalk so far.

The Baylor - SMU over and Washington - Boise State under each have 64 percent of the public's support.

The betting trends tell us that 59 percent of the public likes the Patriots on the spread, though 54 percent are expecting the moneyline upset on the home underdogs.

The trends at sportsbooks see a slight betting edge to Green Bay with 51 percent of the public betting on them, yet 73 percent picking Dallas to win outright on the money line.

As a result, 75 percent of the public is betting on the Carolina Panthers to get revenge on the opening Thursday night traditional Super Bowl rematch to Denver.

Betting trends say that 55 percent of the public is laying the number and betting on the Cowboys with 52 percent taking the Giants on the moneyline to win outright and 69 percent betting on the game to go over.

Does this mean you should immediately go bet the Blue Devils because the public clearly knows something that you don't or do you immediately bet on Wake Forest because any time 81.4 percent of the public is on one team, they are almost always wrong?

According to one estimate, only 6 percent of public early - childhood education and child - care dollars in the United States go to programs for children who have not yet reached their third birthday.

Last year, 76 percent of public school students in the city received free lunches and another 6 percent did not pay full price for their meals, according to CPS records.

About 92 percent of public schools participate in the meals program, Vanover said.

In fact, according to the Education Market Association, an estimated 99.5 percent of all public school teachers» use their own money to equip their classrooms - to the tune of over $ 400 per year out of their own pocket.

The USA Today piece has a great map showing that in great swaths of the country, upwards of 77 percent of public - school kids rely on reduced - price or free lunches.

Most raise their prices for kids who can pay, according to research by the nonprofit School Nutrition Association, which found that nearly 60 percent of public school districts raised lunch prices in 2009, the last full year for which national figures were available.

American women are offered 12 weeks of unpaid leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act, which exempts companies with fewer than 50 paid employees, but in 2011, only 11 percent of private sector workers and 17 percent of public workers reported that they had access to paid maternity leave through their employer.

The disposable diaper manufacturers sold the consumer a lot of poppycock, and 85 percent of the public bought it.

The survey found that 97 percent of voters and 96 percent of public school parents think serving nutritious foods in schools is important to «ensure that children are prepared to learn and do their best.»

Seventy - five percent of Kentucky voters overall and 76 percent of public school parents back the National School Lunch Program's enhanced nutritional guidelines, now in their third year.

To ensure that taxpayers and the vulnerable populations served by these agencies receive the maximum value for the funds paid, Governor Cuomo is proposing the following reforms beginning in 2012 - 13: • At least 85 percent of every public dollar will be spent on direct services, not administration.

According to the department, 80.2 percent of public school students graduated on time.

A recent Siena College poll found 97 percent of the public want state government cleaned up and view it as a top priority.

And according to a SUNY spokeswoman, 83 percent of public college graduates already remain in the state after they receive their degree, so the potential number of students affected by the residency requirement would be relatively small.

Ballston Spa is one of the 4 percent of public school districts across the nation receiving the award in 2018.

There are currently 216 charter schools in the city serving 106,600 students, or 10 percent of the public - school population.

Thirty - two percent of public school students between the ages of six and 12 across the state are either overweigh or obese.

While poll showed that 97 percent of the public this session wanted ethics reform, around the same number, more than 90 percent of legislators, are routinely re-elected to their jobs.

Gov. Cuomo has a good proposal — 15 percent of your public salary.

90 percent of the public pays no attention to news, let alone political news.