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• The following is a memo from the superintendent of the Mylar school district.
  "A recent six-month study, in which breakfast was made available at school for 100 schoolchildren ages five to twelve, found that children on the breakfast plan were less likely than other children to be absent from or late for school....
• The following appeared in the Sherwood Times newspaper.
  "A recent study reported that pet owners have longer, healthier lives on average than do people who own no pets....
• From a letter to the editor of a city newspaper. "One recent research study has indicated that many adolescents need more sleep than they are getting
  and another study has shown that many high school students in our city are actually dissatisfied with their own academic performance....
• The following appeared as a letter to the editor of a local Solano newspaper.
  "The Solano school district should do away with its music education programs....
• The following appeared in a report by the School District of Eyleria.
  "Nationally, the average ratio of computers to students in kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12) is 1...
• The following is a memo from the president of Cyberell Computer Company.
  "All of our customer-service employees recently attended a two-day retreat during which they received retraining in effective customer service....
• The following appeared in a newsletter about education policy.
  'The average annual earnings of high school dropouts are significantly less than the average annual earnings of high school graduates....
• The following appeared in a memo from the Dean of the College of Education at Omni State University.
  "Only seven of our state's high schools offer even one course in Latin, but over 80 percent of the graduates who study Latin at those seven schools enroll in college....
• The following appeared in the editorial section of a local newspaper.
  "The librarians in our town's school system have reported that the number of trips that our students make to their school library on a voluntary basis has decreased significantly in recent years....