Those with above-average rates of illnesses or injuries are selected for inspections in the belief that they probably have the most safety hazards.

"These characteristics are all associated with above-average rates of return," said William Browne.

Carbon monoxide can cause respiratory problems, and many residents had blamed the plant for the area's above-average rate of asthma.

The state has an above-average rate of removal of children - 88.7 per 1,000 versus 43.1 in New York and 9.5 in New Jersey.

"And the only way you can compete is by getting above-average rates of return," said Wayne Klein, the securities director for the State of Idaho.

Most funds on the underperformance list share this trait: their managers focus on buying large-capitalization growth stocks - shares in big companies whose earnings they expect to grow at above-average rates.

The first question was answered on July 29, when the Commerce Department announced that the nation's economic output grew at an above-average annual rate of 3.7 percent.

To compensate, the bond carries an above-average rate of interest.

The institutions which are at present contemplating an above-average rate of growth in Heading 5 expenditure will doubtless want to give further attention to this matter.

Community purchased an 18,000 kilogram (40,000 lb) container of Maraba beans at the above-average rate of US$3 per kilogram.