All told, production-distorting aid (the sort keyed to crop and agricultural input prices) fell from about two-thirds of the total to less than one-third.

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The biggest growth area for cable is in high-speed Internet access market, of which cable holds two-thirds (DSL has about one-third and is trending lower).

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About two-thirds of the students in the gifted programs are white and Asian, compared with one-third of the general student population.

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Plus, picking up a bottle or two is about one-third cheaper than buying Champagne outside of France.

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Ethnic Albanians, who make up about one-third of Macedonia's two million population, have fought for better recognition of its language and an increased presence in parliament and the police force.

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Although about two-thirds of smokers would like to quit, and one-third actually try to quit each year, fewer than five percent succeed.

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Once again, companies in the volatile technology and telecommunications industry accounted for about one-third of the settlements, and two-thirds of settlements involved Nasdaq-listed stocks.

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