Most reputable surveys put the number closer to 2 or 3 percent.

"When you add this to violence and economic problems, it puts the country closer to civil conflict," he said by telephone.

Pentagon officials have put the figure closer to 100,000 troops.

Some research and information sites put the number closer to 40-60 cases per million population.

Before Kahlan could ask him to put the water closer, he was gone.

Putting the problem closer to the border is fine with them.

Though a more recent estimate puts the population closer to 177.

Democratic officials say party polls put the race closer.

But experts hired by the state put the figure closer to 1,350.

The Government puts the number closer to 5 percent.