Word: spikeness
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...verge of cementing its "reintegration" into NATO's command structure, there is still concern about answering NATO's call for more troops in Afghanistan. "It's a question of political acceptability," explains François Heisbourg, a special adviser at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in Paris. Any spike in French casualties, he says, could produce "a real change in public perception...
...bulk of Internet searches during that period focused on what a recession is, one might assume that the spike in these kinds of searches was driven by media coverage of the topic. Searches focused on "recession" may not be the best indicator of an economy in trouble. If we compare searches that contain the term "cheap," "discount" and "budget" during the same time period we might have a better understanding of consumer's economic sentiment...
...look back. Despite fighting hard to bring the score to 29-28, like much of Harvard’s effort it proved to be too little, too late. Mount Olive’s Noel Garcia, the match leader in kill percentage at .368, ended the evening with an emphatic spike and left the Crimson wondering about its playoff hopes.Harvard began the weekend in third place in the Hay division in which only the top two teams advance to the postseason. If Harvard hopes to claim one of those spots, it will have to take a lesson from the Trojans...
Following months of data collection, Jonathan Monten of the Belfer Center at the Kennedy School of Government and Radha K. Iyengar of the Center for Government and International Studies determined that there was a 5-10 percent increase in insurgent attacks following a spike in anti-war rhetoric...
...SPIKE The world price of oil has quadrupled since the Afghanistan invasion in 2001. In Iraq, prices are even higher because of long and unsafe supply links...