Over the past five years, heroin seizures have more than doubled and cocaine seizures have increased five-fold.

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The result: Since 2002, the price of gold and the price of oil have each increased five-fold.

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For example, in the past 5 years alone, patent filings from the PRC have increased five-fold compared with the previous 5 year period.

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Average graduate debt has increased five-fold since 1994, the bank said.

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The third of the subjects with the highest urinary cortisol had a five-fold increased risk of dying of cardiovascular disease.

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The story reports that China has increased its purchases of gold five-fold in the first 10 months of this year and that they sucked in 210 metric tons of the shiny yellow metal.

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