The women's game is still enjoying a big upswing.
"We don't expect a big upswing in sales," said Tom Henderson, a spokesman for General Motors.
The big upswing in commercial insurance prices has been clear since the terror attacks, when the industry lost $50 billion.
Bernard Gersten, the executive producer of Lincoln Center Theater, said that while the numbers did not represent a big upswing, the analysis of Broadway was different from that of other industries.
Consequently, there's less reason to believe that, as output growth picks up, we'll see a big upswing in productivity growth.
The Purple Martin Conservation Association, a nonprofit organization based in Erie, Pa., has seen evidence of growing interest as well, with a big upswing in participation in its online forums since its Web site was introduced in 2003.
The company attributed the big upswing on pricing discipline, or setting premiums based on the underlying medical costs, as well as fewer medical claims and a continued focus on reducing administrative costs.
Although there has been a big upswing in the nation's educational expectations, precious little is known about how to ensure high academic performance, especially for low-income students.
Koop's promotion of HIV education during the years immediately following the first reported cases of the virus in 1981 had real impact among teens: they reported a big upswing in condom use and fewer sexual partners.
"The big upswing in the equity market that we've seen is based on the belief the Fed is going to do something and that Bernanke is going to say sooner rather than later that he's willing to commit to further easing," said Subodh Kumar, chief investment strategist at Subodh Kumar & Associates.
