Whether this activity rose to the level of pimping may be a matter of semantics.

Commercial activities have also risen in recent years, with a spate of new malls and multiplexes.

There would simply be less economic activity to tax and spending would rise automatically to pay for such cushions as unemployment insurance.

Most high temperature geothermal heat is harvested in regions close to tectonic plate boundaries where volcanic activity rises close to the surface of the Earth.

The number of summonses represented a slight increase from 1996, but Officer Singer said that criminal activity had not risen consistently over the years.

Yet sexual activity among teen-agers is rising on its own.

In the 1999-2009 decade, economic activity per person has risen from 67% to 71% of western Germany.

The activity originated in the 1960s and rose in popularity with the advent of disco music.

In other market activity, Ace Limited, rose by 2 1/8, to 32 5/8.

The report also noted activity in extremist groups had risen steadily during 2010 and 2011.