Then oil prices soared, resulting in a seven-fold increase in income per head in Yemen, where elaborately carved rhino-horn dagger handles are prized as a sign of status and wealth.
If the trend of the last decade or so that has seen bee populations decline – as a consequence of disease, pesticide use and other environmental factors – were to continue, food supplies would collapse and prices would soar, resulting in a crisis as great as any we have ever experienced.
Now its finances are soaring, the result of a surge of more than $100 million in contributions after the Super Tuesday primaries in March.
Pension costs for the state and municipalities are soaring, a result of enhanced retirement benefits for public employees and the decline in the stock market over the past two years.
Soaring debt, resulting from auctions for new wireless licenses, slowing growth in the existing number of mobile phone customers and delays in the introduction of new technology have weighed heavily on shares of telecommunications companies.
The report published on Wednesday set out the potential consequences of failed negotiations: Exit from the euro Soaring inflation resulting from an exchange rate crisis 'Deep recession', hitting household income, pushing up unemployment 'exponentially' "What we need today is a viable debt deal which will spare future generations burdens that we have no right to saddle them with," the report said.
When those easy mortgages turned to foreclosures and banks clamped down on financing, weak sales and soaring inventories resulted.
The numbers taking maths and science subjects soared, the results showed.
Given concerns that NHS bills are soaring as a result of obesity, the government left itself open to attack.
They will be equipped with an unknown number of US F35B jumpjets, the price of which has been soaring as a result of persistent technical, software, and weight, problems.
