Numbers of students entering university have continued to rise - up from 271, 000 in 1994 to 340, 000 last year, with further increases projected.
If you are poor, hate it, dream of being successful and have the self-confidence to rise-up when knocked down, you have much of the circuitry needed to become the next Sir Richard Branson.
Online-sales tracker IBM Benchmark put the internet shopping rise even higher - up nearly 27% compared with the Monday after Thanksgiving last year.
As an Egyptian-American comedian, I had the opportunity to be part of the rise of stand-up comedy in the region.
Many in this age group could be saving for a deposit on a home, whereas first-time buyers in the 25-to-34 age bracket could explain why that age group saw the smallest rise in take-up (24%).
South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS) said it is expecting call-outs to rise in the run-up to new year celebrations.
But instead of going down the numbers being admitted as emergencies is actually on the rise - it is up by nearly 40% in the past decade - and that is having a damaging impact on hospital wards.
The building uses traditional Chinese window-lattices up its high-rise facade, and is topped with a tiled pagoda-like roof.
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Those under 25 have seen the fastest rise in those registering - up 88% in the first nine years of Isas.
She confirmed that there would be a "reprieve" from any stamp price rise in the run-up to Christmas, stating that Royal Mail will charge 2011 prices for festive mail in 2012.
Retailer Next has forecast full-year profits at the top end of expectations as it reported a rise in sales in the run-up to Christmas.
The world isn't big enough for China to rise up the value-added chain without generating domestic consumer spending.
However, a significant rise in housebreaking was recorded - up 27%, or 88 more cases - compared with the previous period.
To speak the truth is no crime-but to rise up in gratuitous violence at the sound of truth, however offensive, ought to be.
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Currently, about 150 high-rise buildings are going up in Toronto, more than anywhere else in North America and twice the number in New York City, according to Emporis, a German data provider.
More specifically, she cites research that shows the probability of start-up survival is 7% for a company started by an entrepreneur with no college education or industry expertise with both education and industry expertise, the odds of start-up survival rise to 77%.
Scottish policy convener Andy Willox said the number of small businesses was still growing, with those registering as self-employed up to almost 200, 000 - a rise of more than a quarter over the past 10 years.
Flintshire-based supermarket chain Iceland says it saw sales in the run-up to Christmas rise by 5%.
Some 1, 500 luxury high-rise apartments are being thrown up in or around the centre of town.
"This dispute isn't about getting a pay rise - it's about standing up to bullying and being treated with respect, " it says.
But "Rize" -- the title derives from the "rise up" phrase in Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech -- goes back to the phenomenon's roots, and shows what drives the dancers to dance as they do.
And follow-up studies suggest that with time this figure may rise to three-quarters.
The Bush years have seen the rise of a Democratic counter-establishment set up largely in opposition to Mr Bush's assertive foreign policy.
But the growth of online sales means that exasperation levels with home deliveries and the attraction of a rapid pick-up are sure to rise.
We see the emergence of an almost-religious sect in Embassytown rise up to preach against the lies, to warn against evil, led by the simile Valdik.
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The split with other central banks is not an ideological rift so much as an acknowledgment of China's very different economic reality, where even a moderate policy loosening last year led to a sharp rise in credit issuance, a pick-up in growth and, lately, the threat of inflation.
Will longer-term rates rise, and rise enough to induce banks to lever up their excess reserves, get them to re-enter the money creation business through the purchase of existing, now higher yielding securities?
The old town of mud-brick houses linked by labyrinthine alleys is disappearing, eaten up by broad avenues lined by high-rise buildings.
Since she joined the scouts more than 2, 800 new adult volunteers have joined up - the second biggest rise since 1986.
Since the 1930s agricultural innovation and a rise in non-farm employment have driven productivity up and the number of farms down.
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