Obama remained significantly ahead, with a lead of 137 pledged delegates before the Puerto Rico primary on June 1.

As of early 2008, many businesses have returned to the area, schools have reopened, although the population remains significantly below pre-Katrina levels.

Thus what is done, and what more commonly and significantly remains as rhetoric, can be explained.

Inflation will remain significantly above its target for much of this year.

Despite the rise, mortgage approval levels remain significantly below the 88,000 monthly average since 1993.

That progress has, however, been uneven, and, on a number of our goals we remain significantly off track.

Although enrolment levels for both sexes have increased, girls' enrolments at all grades remain significantly below those of boys.

But sales remained significantly behind last year's levels, falling 10.7 percent from November 2005.

The rates for black, Hispanics, and all other races remain consistently and significantly below the national average.

The United States remains significantly behind other advanced countries in educational outcomes offering a perverse hope for improvement.