The suicide rate then rose gradually through the 1960s and 1970s, but in the 1980s it began to decrease, continuing to decline steadily until 2000. (Anyone recall what happened to the economy in 2000?) From 2000 to 2007, the last year for which the researchers had data, the suicide rate was on the rise.

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In our own experiences, we definitely did notice a decreased indicated range immediately after turning on the car, but it quickly rose as they gradually rose to operating temperature.

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Some 70% of the time, Porges found, drugs were approved, and shares in their makers gradually rose.

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Wealth and social gains followed, literacy soared, life-expectancy and incomes rose, and gradually Indians started decamping from villages to towns.

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The U.N. monitors, whose numbers gradually rose to about 300, were sent in to ensure that both government and opposition fighters were abiding by the cease-fire and other elements of Annan's peace plan.

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People rose to their feet gradually and with a sense of purpose and obligation.

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It suggested inquiries rose as would-be buyers were gradually looking to test the market.

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The output and input price indexes rose above 50, suggesting that the recent rally in global energy and commodity prices are likely to pass through gradually to output prices.

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