Word: hike
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Some candidates now say the council's financial situation is dire enough to justify Lewis' decision to propose the hike...
...When given the option to pay a certain fee on their term bill or to have that fee raised, even if it is in their best interests, students are going to choose to pay less," said Averell, who nevertheless opposes a term bill hike...
...price hike in and of itself comes as a surprise to no one, seeing as how the team has made it an offseason tradition these past four years. But a spike as steep as this one--the largest ever by the Red Sox and, as far as anyone can tell, the biggest in baseball history as well--was enough to make you cough up your Thanksgiving dinner...
...even sell off ad space on the left field wall to the highest corporate bidder, they can be my guest, so long as they bring in the talent to field a competitive team. Thankfully, most Red Sox fans will agree on that point, and thus, while this latest price hike may spark a temporary hue and cry, all will be forgiven by opening...
...last part is still a minority opinion. Greenspan could have gotten away with a friendly quarter-point rate cut Wednesday if he thought the slowing economy needed to slow a little slower - it certainly wouldn't have bothered investors. But Greenspan has plenty of numbers, like Tuesday's minuscule hike in retail sales, telling him everything's unfolding just like he planned...