But the exponential rise in carbon dioxide levels since the Industrial Revolution is far out of the ordinary, experts say.

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To be sure, loose socks don't herald a revolution in youth consciousness or the rise of a student disobedience movement.

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The fall of Ben Ali during the Tunisian revolution in 2011 emboldened citizens in neighboring Libya to rise against Moammar Gadhafi.

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But the revolution started in earnest in the mid-2000s with the rise of Five Guys.

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One research group, the Energy Bill Revolution, estimates the number of families in fuel poverty within three years will rise to nine million.

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But now big pharma is getting into the act, trying to produce generic versions, the very medicines (to treat multiple sclerosis, diabetes, anemia, deficiencies in growth hormone and the like) that started the biotech revolution 30 years ago and gave rise to Genentech, Amgen and Biogen Idec.

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