Another aspect has been the use of euphemisms or deliberately loaded language by both the Bush administration and opponents of the war — a troop "surge" instead of "increase," for instance, and "escalation" and "quagmire," two terms unpleasantly reminiscent of the Vietnam era.
Alan Feuer (NYT) BUFFALO: GRAPE HARVEST DOWN -- This year's state grape harvest has shrunk, but the price for premium grapes has surged because of increasing wine consumption.
Similarly, the Southern California Joint Powers Insurance Authority, formed in 1977 at the peak of a previous surge of premium increases, paid just $65,435 in claims in 1979, contrasted with $3.5 million in 1983 and $2.4 million in 1984.
The extra coastal erosion and threat of storm surges that this increase in sea level will bring to our shores might make sensible people think twice about siting any buildings in vulnerable places, let alone nuclear power stations.
"The global increase in military spending of 1.3% is the slowest annual rate of increase since the surge in global military expenditure began after 2001," according to Sipri.
As a result of this surge, the year over year rate of increase in THE CONTRARIAN TAKE's preferred TMS2 metric has risen to 11.2%, 5 bps higher than August's 10.7% and 9 bps higher than July's 10.3%, the month of its most recent year over year low.
Results evaluating greater surge produced by stronger storms, even of less than a meter of storm surge increase, indicate that the mitigating impacts of local features are greatly diminished.
Appliance and furniture sales, which are especially sensitive to the cost of credit, led the surge with an increase of 32.8percentt.
Following the election of Donald Trump as US president in November, global stock markets surged on his promises of increased infrastructure spending and tax reforms to boost demand for goods from the world's largest economy.
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. trade deficit widened in April after hitting a three-year low the previous month, as imports of consumer goods surged in a reflection of increasing confidence among American households.
In the case of the Philippines, the storm surges probably increased the salinity of the land and stripped top soil.
