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Raise

An increase in one's wages or salary. A company may offer a raise for seniority, exceptional work performance or some other reason. Some raises are automatic, especially to account for the cost of living, while others must be requested or earned. In the UK, a raise is sometimes called a rise.

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Raising Hell went to press just before September 11, 2001, and what better time to get published!

Raising Hell: What Stops Parents From Handing on the Faith to Their Children. (Book Review)

Rankin fans, rejoice - Rebus is back and he's still smoking, he's still drinking and he's still raising hell.

BOOK CLUB; Welcome to our Book Club. Each Saturday we review our top picks from the latest releases and we want to hear about your favourites too. This is your page, so join the club

While reintroducing a new generation of hip hop lovers to the "Adidas" brand TrOyMaN has found a way to bring a fresh and innovative twist to a song concept originally recorded and performed during a time that is still often considered the "Golden Era of Hip Hop" by one of his mentors Daryl "DMC" McDaniel and his trailblazing platinum selling group Run DMC on their ground breaking Raising Hell album.

EMME Recording Artist Troyman Revisits the Golden Era of Hip Hop and Pays Homage to Run DMC with His Latest Single "Mii A.D.I.D.A.S"

The progressive's guide to raising hell; how to win grassroots campaigns, pass ballot box laws, and get the change we voted for.

The progressive's guide to raising hell; how to win grassroots campaigns, pass ballot box laws, and get the change we voted for

OVERLORD: RAISING HELL, PS3, Codemasters, pounds 39.99

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In typical Darkness fashion, it saw them raising hell with pyrotechnics, with frontman Justin Hawkins taking in the view from a lap of honour astride a life-size white tiger.

Darkness in limelight

Unfortunately, too many concerned citizens have stopped raising hell

Urban warfare: will feature articles such as this

It's that part about raising hell that seems to make many of them nervous.

THE DUTY TO RAISE HELL

Raising Hell (in Congress): In the 1890s Kansas populist Mary Elizabeth Lease told farmers to "stop raising corn and start raising hell." In the 1990s John Boyd did just that.