Word: risen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Lyman says her office is receiving a different variety of panicked phone calls this year--ones from families which, though not qualifying or not even applying for aid, are aghast at the heights to which tuition has risen. She describes frequently panicked freshman parents who "have many other expenses, a whole lifestyle, and here they are three months before making a substantial payment. It's not a good time to be planning...
...Thatcher government increased the pressure in the Falklands, it clearly had the support of the British people. Polls indicated that public approval of the Tories had actually risen after the invasion began and the casualties started to increase. One poll showed that 84% of those questioned backed Thatcher's handling of the challenge, in contrast to 60% when the task force was first dispatched to the South Atlantic...
...funding is adequate to play Boston area teams but given the level of our players that's not an appropriate schedule." Palm explains, "From a budgetary standpoint the quality of play has risen to an unfortunately high level...
...Security statistic of all: since 1970 average Social Security benefits, adjusted for inflation, have risen a remarkable 37%; average weekly wages, adjusted for inflation, have not increased at all. Says Ricardo-Campbell: "We have been taking real income from young people who are heads of households, who don't own a home, who don't have the assets, and giving it to the old people," at least some of whom live in mortgage-free homes and who have accumulated savings." Says M.I.T.'s Thurow: "If real wages go up, real Social Security benefits should...
Since 1973, the price of a 45 has risen from about $1 to as high as $1.99. At the same time, U.S. sales of singles have dropped 36%. By eliminating the flip side, CBS will reduce expenses. As a result, the new 45s will again sell for around...