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• Canada’s top attractions
A comparison by Statistics Canada of January-to-March visitation in 2008 versus 2007, for example, showed a 13 percent decrease in trips to Canada by U.S. residents.
• Monogamy gene’ can’t predict behavior, experts say
The statistics are pretty overwhelming,” McGraw said. “They’ve done this [study] with voles and there are certain kinds that don’t bond for life.
• French struggle to say au revoir to 35-hour law
A report by national statistics agency Insee estimated that around 350,000 new jobs were created between 1998 and 2002 thanks to the 35-hour-week policy.
• Having beaten toughest foe, Serena the favorite
The match statistics show that Serena hit 24 winners and made 28 unforced errors. Venus was better with winners, hitting 36, but she made 45 unforced errors and I think this was because Serena was running everything down.
• Airlines' July on-time performance improves
The DOT's Bureau of Transportation Statistics said the 19 carriers reporting on-time performance recorded an overall on-time arrival rate of 75.7 percent in July, higher than both July 2007's 69.8 percent and June 2008's 70.8 percent.