Word: rosing
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...9/11, which was officially designated by Congress this year as an annually observed National Day of Service and Remembrance. ServiceNation and MyGoodDeed have long worked to establish 9/11 not only as a day of remembrance but also as a forward-looking day that honors all the people who rose in service in response to the tragic events...
...price of gold? Adam says demand. And that's a good thing. As the credit crisis and global recession eases, more and more consumers, and industrial users like electronics manufacturers, are buying gold again. According to World Gold Council, demand for gold, while down from a year ago, rose 19% in the second quarter vs. the first three months of the year. Indeed, gold prices might be rising in anticipation of the normal holiday buying season...
...gold is not alone. A number of commodities are up. The price of silver, which has many more industrial uses than gold, rose 40% this year vs. just 15% for gold. Copper prices have nearly doubled. Indeed, the broad rise in commodity prices that are occurring now is usually an indication of a resurgence in the economy, not trouble ahead...
...coup attempt in 1992 and his election seven years later to lead the world's third-largest oil provider - increasing the standard of living for many of his country's poor while denying many rights to those, especially in the media, who would oppose him. In the movie's rose-colored lens, the President comes across as an outsize personality, equal parts machismo and charisma. He sounds more sensible than menacing when he says of his government, "This is a revolution, peaceful but armed." Standing near a corn-processing factory, he jokes, "This is where we build the Iranian atomic...
...Rwanda. Armed with a ticket bought by a friend's father, he boarded a plane to New York City--where he arrived with no English, no contacts and just $200 in his pocket. Facing hunger, homelessness and heavy odds, the young refugee--propelled by the kindness of strangers--rose from the streets to Columbia University in two short years. It's a true story, and one that Kidder, the Pulitzer Prize--winning author of Mountains Beyond Mountains, crafts into a tale of unspeakable barbarism and unshakable strength. Once he crosses paths with his protagonist, Kidder's narrative loses steam...