Word: rosing
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...host of the BBC satirical show That Was the Week That Was. Like Nixon, Frost could look false on TV - not being a host but doing one, as if relaxing in public was a test he'd crammed for. Neither Frost nor Nixon possessed a huggable personality. They rose to the top of their fields by a triumph of their will to succeed, and by the application of intellect and hard work to get there...
After the news that Amazon deforestation rose 3.8% in the past year--the first increase since 2004--Brazil will present plans for halving the yearly destruction at the U.N. climate summit in Poznan, Poland, which began Dec. 1. Forest-razing for agriculture accelerated this year with soaring beef and soy prices...
...many as five percentage points. The Martin campaign says that speculation that Martin is trailing because blacks aren't drawn to support him without Obama in sight is "one of the vicious campaign tactics Chambliss is famous for." Chambliss, for his part, has a reputation for merciless politicking. He rose to power in 2002 by playing on voters' post-9/11 fears, declaring that Democratic incumbent Max Cleland, a triple amputee and Vietnam veteran, would be soft on Osama bin Laden...
Black Friday is over, and retailers are breathing at least a small sigh of relief. Results were not as bleak as some feared; consumer spending rose a surprising 7% over last year. Now websites are kicking off their own holiday shopping season, and hopes for similar results are high...
...five years, compared to about 5 percent for white students. Asian women in particular make up the fastest growing segment of minority doctorates recipients, with the total number of degrees awarded rising by 30 percent from 2003 to 2007. The number of doctorates awarded in the sciences and engineering rose, reaching 66 percent of all doctoral degrees, while the number of doctorates awarded in the humanities fell by more than 4 percent over the past decade...