This arrangement creates a tiny sealed chamber in which the pressure rises astronomically when a vise squeezes the diamonds together.

That is because a guilty plea to criminal charges would be irrefutable evidence that the accusations were true, and the cost of settling the suits would rise astronomically.

Food prices rose astronomically, and small boys would go to the former wheat market place in search of a few grains on the ground, which they would eagerly put in their mouths when found.

So the number of people who don't marry is rising and the number of kids born before marriage is rising astronomically.

The costs are estimated at $15 billion for the 1991 fiscal year, and that figure would rise astronomically if warfare broke out.

With taxes rising astronomically, many landlords found it more economical to let buildings rot where they stood rather than invest the money to make them livable again.

Wendler says one result will be that 'software prices will rise astronomically to compensate for declining hardware revenues.'

Prices rose astronomically, and "freaks" were just another attraction for uptown visitors to gape at.

His influence and prestige in the Arab world would rise astronomically.

The major killers of blacks, who make up half the center's patients - heart disease, hypertension, strokes and cancer - are rising astronomically.