Income rose to $41.3 million in the first half of 1987.

Its unit sales rose just 1 percent in the first half to 1.02 million vehicles, but the company said recently introduced models had performed well.

These reforms were possible because agricultural prices steadily rose in the second half of the century.

Prices were estimated to have risen more than 9 percent in the first half of this year.

But some experts and analysts say prices will begin to rise significantly in the latter half of 1995.

Circulation rose 2.8 percent in the first half of 2001, to 99,120 copies.

Most analysts predict that the gross national product will rise by less than 2 percent in the second half of the year.

Why did it rise so fast in the first half of the century?

Population figures swiftly sank, but rose again in the latter half of the 17th century.

Murders in Boston rose 34 percent in the first half of 1988 over the same period last year.