81.   The jobless rate soared as thousands of companies collapsed and surviving businesses began shedding workers to improve efficiency.

82.   Unemployment and inflation rates soared after the rupiah nosedived from last July onward.

83.   Unemployment rates have soared to some of their highest levels since World War II.

84.   Venereal disease rates have soared since the Soviet collapse.

85.   With interbank rates soaring in defence of the Hong Kong dollar, banks have tightened their lending policies putting further downward pressure on home prices.

86.   Gold remained flat, though silver did advance strongly as lease rates soared.

87.   In the power vacuum that has developed, the crime rate has soared and self-appointed local committees are struggling to contain the situation.

88.   In the power vacuum that has developed, the crime rate has soared and self-appointed local committees are struggling to keep order.

89.   But, regardless of the group, the infection rate then soared because mothers were passing on the virus in their breast milk.

90.   The tankers could be rerouted on more southerly routes, but insurance rates would still soar.