21.   Cruz said a related study in Manila and three provincial areas showed that abortion is practiced mostly by taking abortion-inducing drugs.

22.   Few areas showed rates as high as those in the former Soviet Union.

23.   Ramos said the sampled areas had not shown the same critical levels as in Minamata but one should not wait for that to happen.

24.   The report said traditionally favoured central residential areas will show a resistance to falling values.

25.   The shrunken areas also showed decreased brain cell activity, probably as a result of the shrinkage, he said.

26.   Urban areas have been showing a growing dislike with high-echelon corruption, nepotism and sudden riches, sharply contrasted with widespread poverty among ordinary citizens.