The career of the actor Dax Shepard hasn't skyrocketed, but neither has it sputtered: a regular on the NBC sitcom "Parenthood," he supported Jessica Simpson and Dane Cook in "Employee of the Month" and probably enjoyed his finest hour as Amy Poehler's clueless boyfriend in "Baby Mama".
Los Angeles city elections have not skyrocketed as much as other cities because L.A. voters passed a 1990 ballot measure that provides matching funds to qualified candidates who voluntarily agree to spending limits.
In a brief to the Supreme Court in 2012, he argued that critics of the decision got it exactly wrong: despite the warnings, unlimited spending from corporate treasuries had not skyrocketed, and the decision should stand.
None of Abbott's histrionic doomsday prophecies have eventuated — there has been no python squeeze, Whyalla remains on the map, a leg of lamb costs less than $100 and electricity prices haven't skyrocketed.
It exists out where there is no development pressure, where land prices haven't skyrocketed, where commodity grains triumph and there are no niche markets, no high-priced cities nearby to purchase organic greens and local cheeses.
It has remained true to its roots, but increasingly is host to an exceptional crop of early-20th-century American paintings, a new, burgeoning area for art fairs; the supply and quality is good, and prices have not yet skyrocketed.
Around the world, smartphone thefts have not only skyrocketed but have also turned increasingly violent, forcing law enforcement, government and industry officials to scramble for solutions to a modern-day global crime wave with deadly consequences.
And, they say, it has not benefited from the skyrocketing interest in men's golf generated by Tiger Woods.
It has not been hit by skyrocketing oil prices because oil is priced in dollars and the dollar's decline has kept oil prices down when translated into euros.
solution after its costs of borrowing skyrocketed, but that has not made the negotiations for aid any easier.
