They went upwards like this.

It literally propels you upwards.

Running vertically upwards, is a measure called happy life years.

And the system gets perturbed. It moves upwards to a fragmented state.

PCBS has recently revised upwards the GDP figures for 2002 and 2003.

(And) they would hasten forward, heads lifted upwards, gazes fixed, and emptied out their hearts.

(And) they would hasten forward, heads lifted upwards, gazes fixed, and emptied out their hearts.

And so the final question that we would ask is can we collectively bend that happiness chart upwards?

We have indeed put shackles around their necks reaching up to the chins, so they remain facing upwards.

We have indeed put shackles around their necks reaching up to the chins, so they remain facing upwards.

A study by the Economic Commission for Africa showed a clear trend upwards in governance in 28 African countries.

It needs a hospital whose budget can allow it to support one machine costing upwards of 50 or 100,000.

But now the eurozone seems incapable of escaping near deflation, with little economic growth and prices barely moving upwards.

We're expecting to have upwards of 200 million refugees by the year 2020 because of climate change and political instability.

The staircase takes us from the experience of life as profane or ordinary upwards to the experience of life as sacred, or deeply interconnected.

There's only one exception to this universal law, and that is the human spirit, which can continue to evolve upwards the staircase bringing us into wholeness, authenticity and wisdom.

With upwards of 30,000 pupils across Scotland, these schools, represented by The Scottish Council of Independent Schools (SCIS), strive to deliver the best level of service to their pupils and parents.

In order to self finance its overhead costs as well as the inter agency services, it needs to win procurement contracts, given that upwards of 80 per cent of its income derives from procurement fees.

He could liberalize the exchange rate and let it float upwards, but he is not even doing that. Instead, using an old Soviet tactic, Putin has imposed informal price controls, which cannot hold for long in a privatized economy.

For example, the NASDAQ stock price index made a spectacular 14 jump upwards on the day (January 3, 2001) when America's Fed began its latest series of interest rate cuts. A jump in the market is what one might have expected.

Therefore whoever assumes that Allah will not assist His Prophet (Mohammed peace and blessings be upon him) in this world and the Hereafter, should extend a rope upwards and hang himself, and then see whether his scheme has taken away what he envies.

Therefore whoever assumes that Allah will not assist His Prophet (Mohammed peace and blessings be upon him) in this world and the Hereafter, should extend a rope upwards and hang himself, and then see whether his scheme has taken away what he envies.

Based on the estimated income and expenditure data for the year 2004, the operational reserve will be adjusted upwards to a new level of 169 million, from 154 million, and the resulting 15 million will be transferred from the general resources of UNDP.

It is a lot easier to exit from a fixed exchange rate regime when the pressures on the currency are upwards. While it may seem hard to imagine that the speculative tide might ever turn against China, exchange rate pressures can turn in an instant.

By some accounts, Chinese officials currently negotiate upwards of 50,000 major incidents annually. Widespread corruption has bred deep discontent workers protest the Enron like bilking of their life savings, townspeople fight against illegal land seizures, and villagers battle injustices small and large on a daily basis.

Throwing money at banks hasn t helped homeowners foreclosures continue to increase. Letting AIG fail might have hurt some systemically important institutions, but dealing with that would have been better than to gamble upwards of 150 billion and hope that some of it might stick where it is important.

But even Germany, Europe s biggest economy, is experiencing an upswing. The Ifo climate indicator for Germany, based on monthly surveys of 7,000 firms, jumped upwards in the second half of 2005, reaching its highest value since the boom year 2000, with businesses assessment of the current situation and expectations improving.

Measurements from Beijing show that upwards of 16 of the air pollution comes from coal. The World Bank estimates that China s total annual air pollution costs based on what Chinese themselves indicate they are willing to pay to reduce their risk of dying could be as high as 4 of GDP.

The argument that tough love was necessary in southern Europe, because nothing there would ever have changed otherwise, has been settled. The love has been very tough indeed, generating rapid economic contraction, massive unemployment (upwards of 50 among young people), and continued fiscal deterioration, owing to rising debt service costs.

In London, the air around the River Thames is cooler than it is a few blocks away in built up areas. If we plant trees and build water features, we won t just beautify our surroundings, but we ll also cool things down by upwards of 8 C, according to climate models.

Likewise, where else but in South Korea can you find a Christian church whose registered membership runs upwards of 800,000, and where nearly 100,000 adherents attend each of the three Sunday services every week? Where else can you witness an ex president commit suicide by jumping off a cliff near his residence?

Therefore (for) whomsoever Allah intends that He would guide him aright, He expands his breast for Islam, and (for) whomsoever He intends that He should cause him to err, He makes his breast strait and narrow as though he were ascending upwards thus does Allah lay uncleanness on those who do not believe.

Therefore (for) whomsoever Allah intends that He would guide him aright, He expands his breast for Islam, and (for) whomsoever He intends that He should cause him to err, He makes his breast strait and narrow as though he were ascending upwards thus does Allah lay uncleanness on those who do not believe.

The weighted midpoint in table 4 represents the sum of the weighted membership, population and contribution factors, and the weighted range is calculated as 15 per cent upwards and downwards (but not less than 415 points up and down (4.8 times 86.37), with the upper limit being not less than 1,209 points (14 times 86.37).

The third installment of the IPCC report showed that strong climate policies would be more expensive than claimed as well costing upwards of 4 of GDP in 2030, 6 in 2050, and 11 by 2100. And the real cost will likely be much higher, because these numbers assume smart policies, instantly enacted, with key technologies magically available.

Of course, it seemed to take somewhat longer for news of the extent of the disaster to reach the Crawford, Texas, ranch of President Bush. But, in the end, he decided to interrupt his vacation and offer amounts of aid that were successively revised upwards, in a global competition which promised to benefit those who were desperate for help.

While this approach may be appealing, it is inadequate to address today s most pressing issues. For example, producing and delivering nutritious food consistently to upwards of nine billion people by mid century has implications for water and energy consumption, agricultural development and land use, the nitrogen and phosphorus cycles, and ocean acidification, not to mention biodiversity loss, such as through overfishing.

In order to better carry out the other half of its dual mandate, the IMF has signaled that it will ask for a further increase in its resources, to 1 trillion, up from the 750 billion agreed at the London G 20 meeting in April 2009. In the spring of 2010, the IMF committed upwards of 300 billion to Southern Europe alone.

It is also a non static concept, as estimates of reserves will generally be revised upwards or downwards as additional geologic or engineering data become available, as technology improves, and or as economic conditions (such as oil prices and production costs) change. In fact, the bulk of recent growth in world reserves is due not to new discoveries, but mainly to reserve growth and improved recovery rates.

For example, the Veterans Independence Program, a national home care program primarily for veterans, has seen an increase in expenditures from 171.2 million in 2001 2002 to 201 million in 2003 2004 and are expected to continue upwards until 2010 and the 2004 federal budget introduced a new disability supports tax deduction to better address the expenses incurred by individuals in obtaining the disability assistance needed for work and school.