21.   Five of the other seven companies have also seen their stock prices rise since their IPOs.

22.   Great Lakes shares have been rising since the Federal Reserve Board cut interest rates last week.

23.   He said the number of shares sold short has risen since mid-August.

24.   His national profile has skyrocketed this season and will continue to rise since being named one of three finalists for the Butkus Award.

25.   His temperature had been rising since late in the third quarter.

26.   If the stock of AOL Time Warner, for example, had risen since the merger, there would not have been a write-off at all.

27.   In all but one of the six rooms tested, the levels of the chemical had risen since the summer.

28.   It has steadily risen since then.

29.   Interest in all four programs has risen steadily since the State of the Union address, officials for each organization say.

30.   Its stock has risen since last fall in anticipation of the financing.