31.   Inflation is on an upward trend.

32.   Is this just a blip, or are we in an upward trend?

33.   It bucks the long-term upward trend of the market, and it can produce losses bigger than the initial investment.

34.   Its stock has been on an upward trend.

35.   Job figures are set to come out Friday and predictions are that unemployment will continue its upward trend.

36.   Moreover, politics could hinder, or even reverse, the upward trend.

37.   New government figures, due this weekend, should still show an upward trend.

38.   New Mexico won six games last year and Dennis Franchione, banking on an experienced defense, hopes the upward trend continues.

39.   One reason for leaving rates alone back then may have been the two-cent decline in average hourly earnings in July, which reversed an upward trend.

40.   Part of the upward trend, however, may come from a higher frequency of heavy storms, which some believe is directly related to global warming.