Word: climb
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...seems to be changing. "The price of feed is going up, but the milk price is stable," says He Erwen, a farmer who lives in Bingzhouhai with his family of seven. Though his cows cost more to feed now, he's keeping them with hopes that milk prices will climb, restoring his profits. As for the prospect of selling his surplus male calves to a newcomer like Western Cattle, He laughs. "Depends on the price...
...very prosperity that Bretton Woods enabled was its undoing. As Germany and France returned to the ranks of major economic powers, and Japan began its climb to get there, the exchange rates set up after the war and adjusted only slightly afterward made no sense anymore. Attempts to update the system collapsed in 1971, and the world's major economies moved to freely floating currencies. The transition wasn't pretty: stock markets plummeted, banks failed, oil exporters jacked up prices and inflation raged--especially...
...Harvard sailing team had another outstanding showing this past weekend, claiming strong finishes in both individual and team regattas. In the Hood Trophy in nearby Medford, Mass., the Crimson finished fourth overall, rallying on Sunday to climb four spots in the rankings. Individually, women’s captain Megan Watson also received high honors, gaining third place in the New England Women’s Singlehanded Championship in Rhode Island. HOOD TROPHY The No. 6 co-eds fought to a tight finish at the Hood Trophy at Tufts this weekend, managing a fourth-place finish. The Crimson, which gained...
...cash, because they're lumping me in with all those cats that inherited money. But you know cats. It's like, "I'll just go to an island for a little while and decompress," and seven years later they are sleeping all day and so fat they can't climb up onto a bed, much less start that foundation for catnip addicts like they promised. But I've got plans...
...forces are stretched pretty thin keeping their territory safe from Arab terrorists in the rest of the country. That threat is as real as ever. The official death toll from last week's suicide attacks against several towns near Iraqi Kurdistan has risen to over 400 and continues to climb...