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As the city expands day care programs, the agency will consider proposals for extended hours and has already received a few, according to Jennifer Falk, a spokeswoman.

Add rising food prices, constant truck traffic, outbreaks of sexually transmitted diseases and nearly nonexistent health care, to name a few, according to residents of the mining towns, health professionals, mine workers and community advocates.

Admitted to the New York Bar in 1980, with offices in Queens, he specialized in criminal law and defended suspects in more than 30 murder cases, winning all but a few, according to colleagues.

More than a year after its parent union placed the New York City District Council of Carpenters under supervision because its leader was charged with racketeering, the council remains influenced by the mob and is still a source of cash and illicit benefits for a select few, according to a recent assessment.

Attendance and television ratings have swelled in the three-year-old Women's Professional Soccer league, but there is no guarantee that it will survive into Year 4. Salaries, which average $25,000 but run as low as $200 a game for a few, according to players, face further cuts.

Although the chemicals are not as dangerous on land as they are in the river, where they become concentrated in fish and river sediment, they are seeping into groundwater in a number of places, and may be leaking into the Hudson in a few, according to state officials.

Even worse for retailers, consumers bought fewer gift cards than last year — 10 to 40percentt fewer, according to various estimates.

By comparison, NATO forces are blamed for up to 508 civilian deaths last year, according to the Afghanistan Rights Monitor, an independent Afghan group, or even fewer, according to United Nations or NATO figures.

A 5-foot-10 junior, he is one of at least 31 quarterbacks starting for N.C.A.A. or N.A.I.A. schools who come from towns of 1,400 people or fewer, according to research by the St. Thomas sports information department.

The chaofu was a very elaborate court ceremonial dress; the emperor's robe was adorned with the auspicious 12 symbols described in ancient ritual texts, while princes and high officials were allowed nine symbols or fewer according to rank.

Re "In Midwest, Flutters May Be Far Fewer" (July 12): Yes, flutters are far fewer, according to my unofficial gauge of insect numbers in Missouri — my windshield remains remarkably clean after 200-mile round trips deep into the Ozarks.