Others say the surge over the past year simply reflects greater numbers fleeing conflict zones.
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But as the first half wore on Hull KR established a foothold and got their first try thanks to Galea's side-step and surge over the line.
They have a roster full of young, hungry players and a surge over the next year or two might make NBA basketball in Charlotte relevant again.
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At one point in the video, a tractor and trailer pass in the opposite direction, causing a wave of water to surge over the Land Rover's bonnet.
But, when winger Roberts clumsily spilled the ball on the charge after brilliantly holding onto a Bulls bomb, Hall cashed in to surge over for his first try in Super League.
People who have ridden the Apple stock in its surge over the past couple of years face a 15% tax bill if they sell now and a possible 35% one if they do in January.
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Somewhat ironically, this surge in over-the-topness could be considered a by-product of harder economic times.
As I write this, Hurricane Isaac is lazily meandering along the Louisiana coast, pushing up storm surge waves over marshes and against levees, and dumping copious amounts of rain across the region, including New Orleans and its suburbs.
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The general had said the main surge would be over by July this year.
The Liberals, the main opposition, have slid in the opinion polls after a brief surge in popularity over the summer.
As desktop PCs and portable PCs declined (-4.1% and -3.4%, respectively), the overall smart connected device space continued to surge to just over 1.2 billion shipments cumulatively in 2012.
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Athens defended the ministerial action by pointing out that Greece had nearly reached its solar goal of 2.2 GW of capacity after a surge in installations over the last two years.
The one piece of good news is that the overall fiscal picture has improved of late because of record-low borrowing costs, the sequester, and a surge in revenues over the past six months due to higher tax rates (and their anticipation last year).
But in a briefing at the 17th Street Canal, Peter Nicholson, head of a team from the American Society of Engineers, said there was no sign either there or along the London Street Canal that the storm surge ever came over the top.
However, as evident by the 63% surge in the stock over the past three months, investors had already shown plenty of optimism long before Oracle stepped in.
This latest move is well timed by Facebook, especially as the company was facing criticism over the surge of content on news feeds as partners to the Open Graph keep growing.
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And it will do so very quickly: almost all of the companies surveyed expect the huge increases in data volume to continue following a surge in data volume over the past two years of 86%.
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One more reason not to lose sleep over the surge in oil prices is that, unlike the rises in the 1970s, it has not occurred against the backdrop of general commodity-price inflation and global excess demand.
The flooding, which began on the night of 31 January, was caused by a combination of a high spring tide, deep atmospheric low pressure which raised sea levels and exceptionally strong northerly gales, which led to a surge of sea water over coastal defences.
But as economists enthuse over the tech surge, we need to note the limitations of information jobs even in the Valley.
On November 1, Comfort Systems reported strong third quarter results with a 115.3% year-over-year surge in net income to 15 cents per share.
Zurich moved to the top of the list for the first time in at least two decades in part because of the surge in the Swiss franc over the past year, which made goods there more expensive relative to elsewhere, the Economist Intelligence Unit said.
There has been a surge in American citizens on welfare over the last four years, including a 50-percent increase in people on food stamps (from 32 to 47 million).
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But for some patients, the cards can lead to medical-billing nightmares, according to Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson, who says that her office has seen a surge in complaints about the cards over the past year.
The firm just published data that shows an enormous surge of cloud computing-related hiring over the past three months.
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Such breakthroughs do not end concerns over scarcity because the coming surge in global energy demand, chiefly from Asia, will be massive.
The surge in share prices on Wall Street over the past three years has lured in foreign investors and reduced overseas investment by Americans, thereby boosting the dollar.
He then oversaw a surge of US troops to Afghanistan before handing over to Gen John Allen in July 2011.
The surge in gold prices is a reflection of concerns over sluggish economic growth and widening federal deficits.
Mr Clinton ended up presiding over the high-tech boom and a surge in the number of small businesses.
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