Watchful waiting is more likely to establish persistence and reduce the unacceptably high dry tap rates reported in several of the studies reviewed.

It was also closest to the mark: the actual rate reported was 4.1 percent.

Evil spirits or not, the rate of people reported missing in Alaska is almost twice the national average.

Inflation, as gauged by the price index for gross domestic purchases, remained at 2.2 percent, the same rate reported a month ago.

This rate was considerably higher than the national rate of 6.8 percent reported yesterday.

There may also be a small risk of fecal incontinence, particularly of liquid, with rates reported between 0% and 28%.

The rate of mortality for abortion by hysterotomy and hysterectomy reported in the United States between 1972 to 1981 was 60 per 100,000, or 0.06%.

However, rates reported in different studies strongly depend on the method used.

The folding rates reported for such proteins in the absence of denaturants are therefore an over-estimation.

The highest rate of return ever reported since the study began in 1974 was in 1986, when the average rate was 26.9 percent.