Word: rising
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...article on Internet porn, the reporter does not provide any evidence that Internet pornography is indeed on the rise. And rather than focus on the facts of the case (For instance, was the pornography "illegal pornography?" Why were the Office of Information Technology repair people examining a student's personal files in the first place? Are there no sections in the Handbook for Students or any other University guidelines which outline pertinent rules?) and the implications of a violation of a student's civil liberties, the reporter decides to make false inferences using unreliable sources...
Crunch time has not begun yet for the young business jocks who want that Manhattan high rise apartment and the corner office, but students say pressure to land a job will certainly rise as graduation approaches...
Radcliffe President Linda S. Wilson, however, says there's nothing terribly unusual about the wave of publicity. In fact, it's a timely move, made as the number of activities available to Harvard students is on the rise, she says...
Stocks and bonds dropped for a second straight day. The market moves followed an announcement by the Commerce Department that factory orders were up 4.4 percent in August, the biggest gain in two years for this key sign of industrial health. Economists had been expecting a slightly more modest rise of 3.3 percent or so. It was the latest in a string of indications that the economy is running strong, and reinforced fears of inflation that have ruined the market's Indian summer rally. The Dow Jones industrial average was down as much as 50 points during...
...decline of interest in Japanese language, and the dramatic rise of Chinese, are fairly recent trends...