But it seems likely that government policy, which has pushed up the proportion of youngsters going to university by nearly a quarter over the past ten years, and plans to increase it from its current 43% to 50% by 2010, has also had an effect.

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For IntercontinentalExchange ( ICE), it has the capability and could stand to benefit from an increase in exchange-traded products, including derivatives, futures and other financial instruments.

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Indeed, it's Fey who has enjoyed the most dramatic score increase, from 355 Oct. 3 to 8, 290 by Oct. 16.

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It also has become clear that Saudi Arabia is perfectly willing from time to time to increase oil prices at the expense of world economies and to impose restrictions on U.S. use of Saudi bases.

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It has been known for years that in a range of animals from insects to birds the males increase the quality and quantity of the sperm they ejaculate when those sperm are likely to find themselves in competition with sperm from another male.

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But the government is becoming increasingly concerned about the problems that pollution brings, such as sickness from filthy air and arid soil from acid rain, which has made it keen to boost the use of renewables and increase energy efficiency.

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The state pension age in Guernsey is due to rise from 65 to 67 in 2031 and it has been proposed that the public sector retirement age should increase by the same margin at that stage.

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It has been one of the fastest-growing cities in America in terms of gross domestic product (67% increase from 2001 to 2006) and foreign-born population (65% increase from 2001 to 2007).

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