Then the steady rise of a waxen hand.
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To ease the pressure on them requires a steady rise in the state pension age.
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Since then, he has overseen a steady rise in the company's fortunes.
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The 'growth industry' in private prosecutions has produced a steady rise from a few cases five years ago to an estimated 300-500 a year.
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It has been a slow but steady rise to the top.
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