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The English presence is once again marked, but the challenge is growing steeper.

ALPE DI SIUSI, Italy — The riders at the Giro d'Italia knew their climb was growing steep on Wednesday when they found themselves above the timberline, surrounded by fields of snow and feeling a chill in the air.

For example, the rate at which bit.ly links are being clicked on is growing at a steep ramp, with more than 500 million clicks (or bit.ly "decodes") per week.

The trip was fraught with Miltonian paradox: at a time when his Puritan sympathies were growing, he steeped himself in Catholic art, depictions of the human form, and the languorous Mediterranean climate.

For example, upland rice is grown annually in many steep hillsides of tropical Asia as the primary food crop for sustainable farmers.

Sites like eBay and Geocities were growing madly with steep margins.

About 70% of the world's hazelnuts are grown on steep slopes near Turkey's Black Sea coast, but this year's harvest is likely to be sharply down after hail storms and frost in late March destroyed hazel flowers at a critical moment in the growing season.

It's been growing for some time but now we see a steep rise," said Piet van Diepen from Food Bank Amsterdam.

Plus, wages are growing slowly or not at all as rents and other living costs get steeper.

That unit's sales have fallen in the past two quarters amid steep competition from Hewlett-Packard Co aNetworkser Netwhose, whosalesles are growing.

Above, the mountain grows steeper and is covered with forests of chestnut, beech, oak, pine, and birch.