And the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits surged 30,000 last week.

At the same time, the number of students in higher education has surged from 10,000 in 1953 to more than 430,000.

Their numbers surge around me, as if I am an island in the river.

At the same time, the number of people on welfare surged through the mid-1980's.

The decline in Internet phone quality comes as the number of people going online to call is surging.

Since last summer, the number issued each week has surged to more than 2,000 from 1,600.

But the number of online donors has surged, growing by 20.4 percent since the previous campaign.

The number of palm-size products coming on the market is surging.

The number of people buying houses they do not plan to live in has surged.

With the third installment, the numbers surged back to 75 percent.