It literally propels you upwards.

Everything is in free fall. Only organized crime is upwards.

By some accounts, Chinese officials currently negotiate upwards of 50,000 major incidents annually.

Specialty shops and Internet vendors sell the oil for upwards of 200 per liter.

That is the question!' declaimed Petritsky with solemnity, moving his finger upwards from his nose.

A group of National Guardsmen move around surreptitiously in the dark, guns held aloft, firing upwards.

The EU invested upwards of 35 billion a year to assure the success of their Common Market integration.

He could liberalize the exchange rate and let it float upwards, but he is not even doing that.

If and when that point is reached, a bit of ECB intervention can initiate the long march upwards.

A study by the Economic Commission for Africa showed a clear trend upwards in governance in 28 African countries.

But now the eurozone seems incapable of escaping near deflation, with little economic growth and prices barely moving upwards.

He was sure that he could fly upwards or knock down the corner of a house, were it necessary.

The CEO said he did not accept staff's evidence that they were uncomfortable with reporting upwards to their managers.

It is a lot easier to exit from a fixed exchange rate regime when the pressures on the currency are upwards.

It is a lot easier to exit from a fixed exchange rate regime when the pressures on the currency are upwards.

It s a combination of working with organisations at the grassroots that encounter these crimes, raising awareness and funnelling it upwards, says Harrison.

Later color films, like Kodacolor II, have as many as 12 emulsion layers, with upwards of 20 different chemicals in each layer.

Income disparities will not be fundamentally altered until the market equilibrium wage inches upwards sufficiently to create labor demand at decent wage levels.

Because long time superstars like Kobe Bryant earn upwards of 25 million a year, the average annual NBA salary is more than 5 million.

The staircase takes us from the experience of life as profane or ordinary upwards to the experience of life as sacred, or deeply interconnected.

Because long time superstars like Kobe Bryant earn upwards of 25 million a year, the average annual NBA salary is more than 5 million.

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If and when that point is reached, a bit of ECB intervention can initiate the long march upwards. That time could be months or a year off.

If we plant trees and build water features, we won t just beautify our surroundings, but we ll also cool things down by upwards of 8 C, according to climate models.

There's only one exception to this universal law, and that is the human spirit, which can continue to evolve upwards the staircase bringing us into wholeness, authenticity and wisdom.

The love has been very tough indeed, generating rapid economic contraction, massive unemployment (upwards of 50 among young people), and continued fiscal deterioration, owing to rising debt service costs.

For example, the NASDAQ stock price index made a spectacular 14 jump upwards on the day (January 3, 2001) when America's Fed began its latest series of interest rate cuts.

With upwards of 30,000 pupils across Scotland, these schools, represented by The Scottish Council of Independent Schools (SCIS), strive to deliver the best level of service to their pupils and parents.

Whereas some German companies persuaded workers to accept wage cuts to help weather the financial crisis, wages across the southern periphery have been marching steadily upwards, even as productivity has remained stagnant.

The dust in these discrete streams travels away from Jupiter at speeds upwards of several hundred kilometres per second, has an average particle size of 10 μm, and consists primarily of sodium chloride.

Likewise, where else but in South Korea can you find a Christian church whose registered membership runs upwards of 800,000, and where nearly 100,000 adherents attend each of the three Sunday services every week?

Likewise, where else but in South Korea can you find a Christian church whose registered membership runs upwards of 800,000, and where nearly 100,000 adherents attend each of the three Sunday services every week?

The community has a bone to pick, for instance, with designer Alida Boer, founder of Maria s Bags, who uses Maya Indigenous designs without permission and sells her products online for upwards of US 600.

At last one match did burn up, and the scented smoke of the cigar, like a broad swaying sheet definitely outlined, moved forwards and upwards over the bush under the overhanging branches of the birch tree.

Letting AIG fail might have hurt some systemically important institutions, but dealing with that would have been better than to gamble upwards of 150 billion and hope that some of it might stick where it is important.

Joseph concluded that ...the manner in which he was treated for upwards of sixteen years could not but have confirmed him in the delusion that the preservation of his own person was the only thing of importance.

According to reports, the Central Election Commission is spending upwards of 20 million rubles (about 313,000) on voter outreach, subsidizing items like bumper stickers and advertisements on radio, television, and the Internet, in the hopes of boosting turnout.

The Ifo climate indicator for Germany, based on monthly surveys of 7,000 firms, jumped upwards in the second half of 2005, reaching its highest value since the boom year 2000, with businesses assessment of the current situation and expectations improving.

The love has been very tough indeed, generating rapid economic contraction, massive unemployment (upwards of 50 among young people), and continued fiscal deterioration, owing to rising debt service costs. Indeed, all eurozone members are now experiencing weak economic growth, if not recession.

The waves of the sea of unconscious life were beginning to close over his head when all at once he felt as if he had received a violent electric shock. He started so violently that his whole body was thrown upwards on the springs of the sofa, and leaning on his hands he rose to his knees in fear.