A Southerner married to a New Englander, I have lived for many years in a Connecticut commuting town with a high percentage of artists, writers, publicity men, and business executives of egghead tastes.

Because of this, it would appear inevitable that an increasing percentage of strategic missiles will seek self-protection in mobility -- at least until missile defenses are perfected which have an exceedingly high kill probability.

This action was rationalized on the basis of a small survey which indicated that a high percentage of married freshmen women on our campus never become sophomores.

Whereas a high percentage of the regular students can be expected to read other texts which more or less plow the same ground in a little different direction, the married students chose whole books on specific areas and went into much greater detail in their areas of interest.

He concludes that these data show a `` remarkably high '' percentage of consciously dissatisfied and unhappy persons among factory and clerical workers.

The percentage of Jewish girls who attend college is almost as high as that of boys.

One of the reasons for the high percentage of Jewish teen-agers in college is that a great many urban Jews are enabled to attend local colleges at modest cost.

A startlingly high percentage do not exceed $500 annually, which includes the librarian's salary, and not even the New York Public has enough money to meet its needs -- this in the world's richest city.

Even though they had the advantage of fighting on the defensive, the Confederate forces had " almost as high a percentage of casualties as the Union forces ".

The time taken for the output to settle to within a certain percentage of the final value ( for instance 0. 1 %) is called the settling time, and is usually specified for oscilloscope vertical amplifiers and high accuracy measurement systems.

With an uneasy peace in place, output recovered in 1996-99 at high percentage rates from a low base ; but output growth slowed in 2000-02.

The percentage of fluent speakers turns out to be even higher if those under 16 are also taken into account, given that the proportion of bilinguals is particularly high in this age group ( 76. 7 % of those aged between 10 and 14 and 72. 4 % of those aged 5 – 9 ): 37. 5 % of the population aged 6 and above in the whole Basque Autonomous Community, 25. 0 % in Álava, 31. 3 % in Biscay and 53. 3 % in Gipuzkoa.

Noted statistician Bill James has argued that unless a player can steal a high percentage of the time, then the stolen base is not useful, and can even be detrimental to a team.

In a professional golf tour setting, a player often pays their caddy a percentage of their winnings, which can be as high as 10 %.

Two-stroke Diesels with high pressure forced induction, particularly turbocharging, make up a large percentage of the very largest Diesel engines.

A high percentage of tourists are from France.

Instead high percentage agarose gels should be run with a pulsed field electrophoresis ( PFE ), or field inversion electrophoresis.

The high percentage of Catholics is largely the result of descendants of Irish immigrants.

Developing countries are a high priority for the IMU and a significant percentage of their budget, including grants received from individuals, mathematical societies, foundations, and funding agencies, is spent on activities for developing countries.

The Juan Fernández islands are home to a high percentage of rare and endemic plants and animals, and are recognized as a distinct ecoregion.

The percentage of the total fish biomass on the reef is made up of 85 % apex predators, creating a high level of competition for food and nutrients among local organisms — particularly sharks, jacks, and other carnivores.

A high percentage remained in storage and a large amount of equipment was also been sold to various African countries.

Radar studies showed the 1966 storm included a relatively high percentage of smaller particles while 1965's lower activity had a much higher proportion of larger particles.

The sodium ( salt ) content of the spread is high and has caused concern, but the amount per serving, not the percentage in bulk Marmite, is the significant factor.

Hunter and those who picked up the Chinese term used it to explain why, unlike in earlier wars, a relatively high percentage of American GIs defected to the enemy side after becoming prisoners-of-war.

When playing the double bass, the bassist either stands or sits on a high stool and leans the instrument against the bassist's body with the bass turned slightly inwards in order to more easily reach the strings.

During the daytime, he usually sits on a high perch, usually 3 – 5 feet off the ground to serve as a lookout for his flock.

The width of a wakeboard directly affects how high it sits in the water.

Pressure is brought to bear on remaining wind tunnels due to declining or erratic usage, high electricity costs, and in some cases the high value of the real estate upon which the facility sits.

The 13th century Palace of the Kings of Majorca sits on the high citadel, surrounded by ramparts, reinforced for Louis XI and Charles V, which were updated in the 17th century by Louis XIV's military engineer Vauban.

The city sits in a " bowl " surrounded by the high mountains of the altiplano.

This author points out that Casca praises Brutus at face value, but then inadvertently compares him to a disreputable joke of a man by calling him an alchemist, “ Oh, he sits high in all the people ’ s hearts ,/ And that which would appear offence in us / His countenance, like richest alchemy ,/ Will change to virtue and to worthiness ” ( I. iii. 158-60 ).

Downtown Juneau sits at sea level, with tides averaging, below steep mountains about to high.

The center of the Sikh community is the Gurdwara Sahib of El Sobrante ( known for its large golden dome ) which sits high in the hills above San Pablo Dam Road.

It sits on a high stone foundation sheathed in brick ( a traditional English cellar ) and still retains its original windows, front door, and semicircle arched fanlight.

The city sits on a high bluff above the Mississippi River ; to reach the riverbank, one must travel down a steep road to the landing called Silver Street, which is in marked contrast to the flat " delta " lowland found across the river surrounding the city of Vidalia, Louisiana.

La Luz sits at the opening of La Luz Canyon Creek whose headwaters are high in the Sacramento Mountains.

Kent sits high on the spectacular Hudson Highlands north of New York City in the north central portion of Putnam County.

A large part of Dandridge, including most of the historic commercial center, sits below the high level water mark of Douglas Lake.

Anton sits just to the east of the geographic center of the level high plains of the Llano Estacado.

Doughboy ( Ice Cube ), who had previously dropped out of high school, has just been released from prison, and sits at a table playing dominoes with his friends, Chris ( Redge Green ), now in a wheelchair, " Dookie " ( Dedrick D. Gobert ), and " Monster ".

Its ' large marble dome, often called an onion dome or amrud ( guava dome ), is about 35 meters high and sits on a cylindrical drum about 7 meters high.

A small stone shelter ( Agnes Vaille Memorial ) approximately 10 feet ( 3 m ) high that sits on the left side of the Keyhole gives a sense of scale.

This area of the desert land generally sits at a very high elevation, much higher than the normal desert land, and can receive very cold temperatures at night in the winter ( with the exception of California and southern Nevada ), sometimes near zero degrees on very cold nights.

Eastern Utah has a huge mass of desert land, which sits at a high elevation, and is sometimes referred to as the " High Desert " as well.

An important and unfortunate attribute of the penny-farthing is that the rider sits high and nearly over the front axle.

The high top look is accomplished by using a " floating pole ", which is a pole that sits on cables that run across the tent interior from the top of the sides.