Word: rising
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...number of add drop petitions filed by Monday's deadline exceeded last year's total by about 170 percent, Law said, and the rise likely resulted from a shortened shopping period this semester. A one-week waiver of the $15 fee to change courses at the beginning of the term also contributed to students' indecision over courses, the registrar said...
This year's Head will also feature a new event, the Grand Masters Singles. With the rise of more rowers in older age brackets, Jones said, organizers have created the Grand Masters for rowers aged...
...gate is divided into two hinged door sections that swing open from the middle. The vertical bars extend beyond the top of the gate in a series of miniature spires that rise from the outside and peak in the center...
...increasing popularity of other sports--rugby and men's soccer, for instance--also has contributed to tackle football's decline. "The rise of soccer has paralled the decline in tackle football," Wentzell noted...
Argeros did admit that "increasing competition for customers and sales, as well as competing in already overburdened labor and real estate markets," has forced costs to rise faster than sales, causing profits to drop. Let's face it. Retailing in Boston is competitive, but it is also lucrative...