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Millions of irrigation wells have significantly lowered water tables in almost every state.

And in my position as a professor at three different colleges, the actual problems in educating our young people and older students have deepened, while the number of people hired—not to teach but to hold meetings—has increased significantly.

While the emphasis on teaching to higher, test-driven standards as set in No Child Left Behind resulted in significantly better performance in elementary(and some middle)schools, high schools for a variety of reasons seemed to have made little progress.

In fact, their moods turned significantly darker than those of members of the control group, who weren't urged to think positive thoughts.

Among young adults, living arrangements differ significantly by gender.

But on the subject of obesity, she pointed out that consumers' lifestyles have changed significantly, with many people being more sedentary (久坐不动的) not least because more time is spent in front of computers.

Employed young men are much less likely to live at home than young men without a job, and employment among young men has fallen significantly in recent decades.

Other factors may also significantly influence a project’s success, most notably, the size of a scientist’s personal and professional networks, and how much a researcher promotes a project on their own.

similarly with earnings, young men's wages after adjusting for inflatio have been on a downward trajectory since 1970 and fell significantly from 2000 to 2010.

Land Usage: Over the last five decades, improved farming techniques and technologies have helped to significantly increase crop yields along with a 12% expansion of farmed land use.

My idea would be to combine that with careful oversight, a strong organizational culture, and make sure the goals that you use are going to be constructive and not significantly harm the organization," Schweitzer says.

A simple consumption tax of, say, 5% would significantly reduce the country's huge government deficit without damaging productivity

million years, a period when global temperatures probably were not significantly higher than they are today.

After six months, researchers found the high protein group had significantly improved their muscle function一almost twice as much as the control group.

The people who took photos enjoyed the experience significantly more, and said they were more engaged, than those who didn't.

Dunn believes that people who reach out to strangers feel a significantly greater sense of belonging, a bond with others.

In the past two decades, however, continued connection with and dependence on family,thanks to cellphones,email and social media, have increased significantly.

The results showed that those who chatted with their server reported significantly higher positive feelings and a better coffee shop experience.

In a Swiss study, researchers sprayed oxytocin into the noses of half the subjects; those subjects were ready to lend significantly higher amounts of money to strangers than were their counterparts who inhaled something else.

It turns out that the brain needs exercise in much the same way our muscles do, and the right mental workouts can significantly improve our basic cognitive functions.