Word: rising
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...Poverty on the Rise...
...magnitude earthquake struck Padang, a city of 900,000 on the northwest island of Sumatra, cutting power and telephone lines and trapping thousands of people underneath collapsed buildings. The initial death toll of 75 is expected to rise as victims are pulled from the rubble. Aftershocks triggered landslides and were felt as far away as Malaysia and Singapore. Hours earlier, a quake in the Pacific had sent a tsunami crashing into Samoa and American Samoa, killing at least...
Moses and Superman With the rise of secularism and the declining influence of the Bible in the 20th century, Moses might have melted away as a role model. But something curious happened. He was so identified as a hero of the American Dream that he superseded Scripture and entered the realm of popular culture, from novels to television...
...enjoyed his rise and wanted others to as well. Once, when I got a tough book review, he didn't call to commiserate; instead he joyfully barked, "Welcome to the NFL!" At the time, it was not a cliché. He probably made it a cliché. He probably coined it. But it was in his Pulitzer Prize--winning newspaper column that Safire became Safire. There he mastered and honed a natural pugnacity--a desire to "mix it up," as he put it. You really cared what he thought and weren't sure what he'd think because he could surprise...
...since foreign-currency deposits will earn more in interest and could make additional foreign-exchange gains. Interest rates in Australia last week were raised a quarter point to 3.25%, and could go higher still. The unemployment rate Down Under recently fell to 5.7%, leading economists to expect another rate rise on Nov. 3. Meanwhile, the target range for the U.S. federal funds rate...