The overall 2-point increase disguised much more striking jumps in dropout rates at some schools.
As this rogues gallery blabs, a number of striking phrases jump out, even if they tend to contradict one another.
It's as if he's telling us in the audience "Hey, my hands are tied here, I can't give you what you want, but I know that you know that I know …" There are, it must be said, a number striking images that jump out.
Most striking is the jump in the number of patients requiring complex care from 2002 to 2005 in the PCI centre.
With its new Chrysler 300 sedan and Dodge Magnum wagon, Chrysler has shown that a striking design can jump-start sales.
Users can navigate by clicking their keyboard's WASD keys or arrows; using the mouse to look around; hitting the space key to jump; and striking left-shift to run.
One striking increase was the 3.7percentt jump in robberies, the first increase since 1991.
John C. Liu, the city comptroller, a Democratic, was the most striking exception, deeming a prospective jump of one percent — the amount proposed by a moderator — "already a pittance".
This far into the reading project, it is striking how often odd little passages jump off the page.
Among fourth graders, the improvement this year was particularly striking because it was a large jump after several years of little movement.
