21.   She said she believes the Mississippi River was running higher than normal during most of the winter, but is waiting for river data to confirm her theory.

22.   State Department of Finance demographer Mary Heim said the census data confirmed state estimates that no one group was a majority in California any longer.

23.   The census data confirm a trend that social service agencies, schools and businesses have been dealing with for years.

24.   The data confirms anecdotal evidence that sales are rising.

25.   The government data confirm that inventories are lean in relationship to demand.

26.   Their data confirmed the outlines of the evolutionary theory, but the details came as a surprise.

27.   What dog experts have cautioned is exactly what insurance data confirms.

28.   And the agency said real-world crash data also confirm the design changes are leading to fewer deaths from the safety devices, particularly among adults.

29.   But despite the drop, the April data confirm that consumption remains in a mild recovery, the official said.

30.   Elsewhere, gross domestic product data confirmed that Germany fell into a recession in the fourth quarter of last year.