Word: rising
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...Following the Beanpot tournament, where the Crimson nearly defeated Boston College and Boston University—ranked 15th and first, respectively, at the time—the team went 4-0-2 until it fell in the ECAC tournament. The almost fairy-tale-like turnaround mirrored Rogers’ rise this season as he struggled to find the net until second semester rolled around. With the arrival of spring, the junior scored all eight of his goals and added five assists.“I think in January we started playing smarter as a team,” Rogers said...
...Kharrazi said.The season began with a 3-0 start after wins against Holy Cross and Smith, as well as the Hoyas, who the Varsity Eight defeated by a 6.4-second margin to win the Class of 1999 Cup for the first time in five years.Radcliffe saw its national rank rise as high as No. 2 after its open-water win against Princeton on April 25, one week after coming up just 1.53 seconds short against No. 3 Stanford.“That was a really big win for us because, in its 11-year history, we had only won [that...
...those feeling the pain at the gas pumps, however, there is one piece of good news. Oil is unlikely to hit $147 a barrel again - at least not during the coming decades. The U.S. Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday that oil prices would likely rise to $110 a barrel by 2015 and $130 a barrel by 2030. By that time the world oil markets might once again follow the normal rules of economics...
...wells or upgrade existing ones. In the oil-rich Niger Delta, a major Nigerian government offensive against rebels has seriously disrupted production for several weeks. Venezuela's Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez said in Vienna that his country could not afford to invest in major new oil exploration unless prices rise further. "We need a level of at least $70 [a barrel] to recuperate investment," he said on Thursday. Muhammad-Ali Zainy, senior energy analyst at the Center for Global Energy Studies in London, says oil demand could increase quickly once the recession ends, especially as China has begun to build...
...York Mercantile Exchange have risen 36% in just two months, to about $63.46 a barrel on Thursday. And that appears to be on track to achieve targets set by OPEC leaders. Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi - OPEC's key power player - said Wednesday that oil prices ought to rise to between $75 and $80 a barrel by the end of the year. "Demand is picking up, especially in Asia," he told reporters puffing alongside him as he jogged through the streets of Vienna. "The price rise is a function of optimism that better things are coming in the future...