By the spring of 1991, the recession seemed to have bottomed out, and polls showed the President's popularity rating at stratospheric levels.

The high interest rates are a counterweight to inflation, which has for most of the last 40 years moved at stratospheric levels.

But with salaries at stratospheric levels today, players typically take little time off.

My salary will never reach the stratospheric levels enjoyed by those in corporate law firms, but there are other compensations.

Not great when unemployment is still at stratospheric levels.

But both rely heavily on Pacific Century's stock, which has risen to stratospheric levels in the last nine months.

Given the stratospheric levels of anticipation, it was perhaps inevitable that many fans found Let's Dance a disappointment.

If the customer does not pay only $10 of the outstanding balance, the effective rate could reach the stratospheric level of 331 percent a month.

American exports may not seem so important today with the Dow Jones industrial average at stratospheric levels.

A decade ago, when inflation and interest rates were at stratospheric levels, it had to pay as much as 15.75 percent to sell long-term bonds.