Add to this a dour mien, high divorce rate, chronic drug problem, and page after page of shrinks listed in the phone book, and you begin to wonder whether Switzerland's claim to the highest living standard in the world can be justified.

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They also have a correspondingly high rate of divorce: 43% of male stars have been divorced at least once.

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The divorce rate among agents is high.

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If stepmothers weren't so unhappy, the divorce rate for second marriages, as high as 60% to 75%, might be reduced.

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The divorce rate in the army is horribly high.

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The divorce rate in Austria hit an all time high of 50% in 2006, with 66% of marriages in Vienna ending in divorce.

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It was a response to the country's growing divorce rate, which hit an all-time high of 50% in 2006 - indeed, 66% of marriages in Vienna end in divorce.

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