Apple has been riding an ever rising wave of success and popularity for years now.

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As for the rising wave of laws and regulations designed to combat meanness among students, they are likely to lump together minor slights with major offenses.

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Its presentation (by museum designer Keith Crippen and his team) successfully captures the mix of craftsmanship, functionality and drama inherent in samurai armor and weaponry, at times drawing our attention to a striking helmet in the shape of a rising wave or a horse mask with horns and flaring nostrils, at other times wowing us with full sets of armor.

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Some may have entered with their eyes open, seeking to ride the wave of rising housing prices, but many were led astray.

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Now you're getting that second wave as a result of rising unemployment, the result of less job creation and, you know, just tighter budgets.

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The giant wave coincided with extreme weather and rising sea levels and was part of a process that submerged land beneath the North Sea.

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Already three rising stars have quit the company, and there are fears that a wave of junior-level departures will follow.

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It wasn't like a giant wave came in, but the water actually at the river level just rising very quickly.

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Asked whether Apollo would take advantage of the wave of cheap capital to go on an acquisition spree, Mr. Black said that rising stock markets actually made it a great time to sell or list companies.

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