Word: rising
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...from a known criminal. The threat posed to human life, as has been said, is an important one, but the danger posed by following the 1976 precedent may be even greater While most people would not commit a capital crime in order to get their statements in print, the rise of anti-government militia groups and the prevalence of world terrorist organizations indicate that similar future threats are at least possible...
Historians say it should come as no surprise that the Internet--the most democratic of media--would lead to new calls for censorship. The history of pornography and efforts to suppress it are inextricably bound up with the rise of new media and the emergence of democracy. According to Walter Kendrick, author of The Secret Museum: Pornography in Modern Culture, the modern concept of pornography was invented in the 19th century by European gentlemen whose main concern was to keep obscene material away from women and the lower classes. Things got out of hand with the spread of literacy...
Although players' salaries have tended to rise, King said "baseball [as an industry] has done an especially bad job at finding its niche in the international market...
...School of Government made the front page of the New York Times. And speaking of Kennedys, John F. Kennedy Jr. is a frequent visitor to the school. The fellows at the K-School's (as it is called) Institute of Politics often include famous politicians and luminaries on the rise...
...will be retroactive. "The tariffs haven't been levied, but they've been keeping track of all the affected imports since May 20. So while imports were way up in April, they should be down for May and June." The fees the U.S. Customs Service collects from importers will rise from 2.5 percent to 100 percent of the car's price, effectively doubling the price of the luxury models...