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.
As in most of the Gulf states virtually all menial work is outsourced to workers brought in from the likes of Bangladesh, Malaysia and India (what happens when those second-class citizens rise up is another story).
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 for some yet-to-be-explained reason, Obama and his associates believe they can make this regime -- which as recently as Friday called for the mass murder of its own citizens, and as recently as Saturday blamed the US for the Iranian people's decision to rise up against the mullahs -- reach such an agreement.
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.
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