1.   And this rate has climbed in a very short time.

2.   As rates climb, of course, the worst-hit businesses are those that depend a lot on borrowed funds, like banks and highly leveraged concerns.

3.   As rates climb, the bank receives higher and higher payments.

4.   As the walls between Jews and gentiles crumbled, intermarriage rates climbed.

5.   As rates climb higher, these holdings become worrisome.

6.   As rates climb, property lending could dry up too.

7.   As rates climbed, refinancings abated and IO prices soared.

8.   A number of other corporations, including Rite Aid Corp., are preparing bond sales, even though borrowing rates have climbed in recent days.

9.   But no matter how high the crime rate climbs, turning the Police Department over to the federal government appears to be an unlikely solution for now.

10.   But the strategy backfired when rates climbed instead.