71.   Loan rates have soared as a result of the economic crisis that followed the peso devaluation last December.

72.   Many Argentines fear that if the free rate soars, it could unleash price hikes.

73.   Millions of people now live in poverty as inflation and unemployment rates soar.

74.   Since last July, inflation and unemployment rates have soared.

75.   Since the fall of Kabul to the northern alliance the crime rate has soared.

76.   Some leaders said that local phone rates could soar.

77.   State industries are moribund and crime rates have soared, partly due to the growing gap between rich and poor.

78.   Telephone rates have soared under the new private monopoly, Telefonica del Peru.

79.   The crime rate is especially soaring among women - last year, Russian women committed over five-thousand murders.

80.   The jobless rate has soared to near record levels.