Word: rising
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Efforts are being made all over to educate bikers about traffic rules and to train motorists in the ways of bikers. In Los Angeles, state and county planners are even contemplating a 2 1/2-mile-long overhead bikeway that would rise above the congested streets around UCLA. But the real culprit on American roads, as conspicuous among cars, cabs and trucks as among cyclists, is an arrogant, scofflaw spirit that sends vehicles -- those with four as well as two wheels -- streaking through red lights and stop signs, just as it tempts pedestrians into habitual jaywalking...
...night. The quiet operations of secret intelligence are this novel's method as well as its theme. And though The Color of Blood may, in the end, seem lean to the point of thinness, one can almost see, as the pressure mounts toward a palpitating climax, the closing credits rise above a seamless and thoroughly gripping motion picture...
...rise in the perception of the governor's chances is based both on the current cachet of candidates that project images of clean living, as well as Dukakis's ability to build a successful political and fundraising organization...
...ozone layer deteriorates, the sun's radiation could lead to a dramatic increase in skin cancer and cataracts, along with a lowered resistance to infection. It could damage plant life, both directly and as a result of a general warming trend; that warming could lead to a disastrous rise in sea levels...
Schacter also said that if all the ballots recorded during last spring's elections were valid, 10 percent more people voted than in 1986. The rise indicates that ballot boxes were probably stuffed, he said...