Word: rising
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...bust because we couldn't make payroll," says Dan Cunningham, the chief financial officer. "Bill kept the company running on his credit cards--Visa and MasterCard, not American Express, because that is a card that you have to pay the bill on every month." In the middle of a rise in the silver market in 1989, Schrader's mother raised several thousand dollars by selling the silver coins she had collected, and invested the proceeds in PSINet. The following day the silver market dropped sharply...
...Early Decision programs (in which students must attend if admitted), there were fewer certainties than ever in college admissions for high school seniors. As early as last spring, many secondary school counselors reported great interest in early programs among their juniors. Not surprisingly, this fall many colleges saw a rise in the numbers of students applying for early admission...
There are many changes on the horizon in the competitive world of college admissions. While there will be a steady rise in the number of graduating seniors each year through the year 2010, much of the increase will come in areas far from New England. In addition, many of the communities slated for the largest increases face economic challenges that could severely compromise the high school graduation rates of their students. We will continue our aggressive high school recruiting program, and we will do even more to encourage middle school and younger students to stay in school and take challenging...
...thing, notably, was different. By 1989, the standard of living, thanks to the successful economic reforms, had been on the rise, which was in sharp contrast to 1919 when people's lives were by all measures getting worse and worse...
...rich. The process of attaining both goals took America more than 100 years. There is a trade-off here and there is a price to pay. I believe the right attitude for America and other Western countries, instead of trying to make matters worse by agitating the Chinese to rise up for freedom, should be helping to speed China's economic upgrading. Only by so doing can they expect to ultimately see a free China...