91.   A report last week showed that new orders to factories rose in July to a record level as factory shipments also climbed.

92.   A report from the University of Michigan showed consumer sentiment rose in May to its highest level in a year and a half.

93.   A survey released today by economic research institute Ifo showed the Western German business climate perking up in April, the first time confidence has risen in five months.

94.   A tidal river, coursing through downtown, the Witham is banked high in mud at low tide, rising in the afternoon.

95.   About five stocks fell for every one that rose in late afternoon trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

96.   Additionally, Commerce Department figures showed business inventories rose in August while sales slipped.

97.   According to Jones, investors liked that wages barely rose in January.

98.   Across town, in the area around the Weeks-Armstrong public housing complex, similar tales were told Monday about waters rising in the pre-dawn hours Thursday.

99.   African drumming, which is rising in popularity in the United States, provides a sense of spirituality and community.

100.   After all, their risk of heart disease rises in middle age, around the time their ovaries stop making estrogen.