21.  When parents arrived for their annual Back to School Night, grim statistics awaited them along with the formica desks and chart of the presidents.

22.  Experts expect similar grim statistics this year, as the continuing economic crisis in the former Soviet republic forces many people to rely on mushrooms for their diet.

23.  It was those grim statistics that led Williams and her group to declare war on land mines six years ago.

24.  Reform-minded farmers say outdated, inefficient industry practices are at fault for the grim statistics.

25.  Such grim statistics fuel public debate over physician-assisted suicide.

26.  The grim statistics Tuesday were already putting pressure on the government to do more to bolster growth.

27.  With that, he laid out grim statistics about the dangers of teen smoking.

28.  Zinni, a retired Marine Corps general, will be greeted by grim statistics.