Sentences with phrase «as precipitous»

«The drop won't be as precipitous as it was in the 1980s and 1990s, though, because there hasn't been much speculative building.»

And, quite disturbingly, with a manifest warming of only 0.8 ºC, we are already seeing effects − such as the precipitous receding of the Arctic sea ice − that are not only dangerous in themselves but also producing positive feedbacks that accelerate the warming.

The association reported that 27 counties (including Ulster) reported diminished sales tax receipts for the last quarter of 2013, though none as precipitous as Ulster's.

Yes, there will be a collision, but the fall will not be as precipitous as first thought.

The move comes amid sudden jockeying in state political circles as the precipitous downfall of former AG Eric Schneiderman has upended what likely would have been a sleepy campaign for the spot.

The only numbers out there on UC include ALL unattended births, such as precipitous births, dumpster babies, and any birth that occurred outside the hospital and in the absence of a professional birth attendant.

The course snakes through skull - breaking rocks and trees, down drops as precipitous as the side of Boulder Dam — and the racer's only meaningful armor is the crash helmet that makes him look faceless and oddly sinister.

But as precipitous market moves in early February and late March suggested a return to more historically normal levels of volatility, the question for investors now is how to adapt their approach to the new environment.»

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The Department of Justice launched an inquiry last summer (before it was clear that the precipitous fall in oil prices would last longer than a few months) into whether American airlines» pricing decisions qualify as collusion.

A recent study argued that the precipitous drop was due in part to the U.S.'s agreement to make lower tariffs — which it had been temporarily approving on an annual basis — permanent as a result of China's new WTO - membership status.

We have witnessed a precipitous decline in wireless service prices lately, as firms compete fiercely for customers and introduce «unlimited data» calling plans to gain, or maintain, market share.

The precipitous decline of liberal Protestantism is frequently viewed as a phenomenon of the last few decades, but the stereotype of religious liberalism as desiccated and dying goes back much further in time.

The American war over Vietnam continues to this day, as President Bush found out last fall when he used the Vietnam analogy to warn against the likely consequences of a precipitous U.S. withdrawal from Iraq.

Since then, we've witnessed the precipitous decline of the Christian retail industry and Christian music festivals, as well as the success of a lot of Christian artists in the mainstream.

A sociologist like William Julius Wilson can underline the importance of economic factors, pointing to the precipitous decline in manufacturing, and at the same time write frankly about the destructive influence of ghetto culture which lacks a viable middle class that once served as a «social buffer.

As a result, the past decade has seen a precipitous decline in young evangelical identification with the Republican Party.

As a result, my nests were more like eagles eyries, just about clinging on to the precipitous crags and the single eggs I managed to attach looked somewhat precarious.

First off, hat tip to our reader Wayne for digging this one up, but as you can see, Depay's production has taken a precipitous drop since moving to Manchester.

The onset of this condition is sudden, and many pregnant women may attribute its precipitous arrival as yet just another normal facet of the pregnancy process.

If I had been alone with a four year old, experiencing a precipitous labor, it really would not have turned out as well as it did.

Cuomo's precipitous fall has now become part of his political narrative; it provides an organic explanation for what is being cast as his newfound humility.

Donations to the Clinton Foundation took a precipitous dive for a second year in a row as Justice Department officials mulled whether they would appoint a special prosecutor to probe the non-profit's «alleged unlawful dealings.»

Despite a precipitous drop in scores — a drop experienced by pretty much every school in the state officials in the Kingston City School District remain optimistic about the future as the adoption of new tougher Common Core standards are implemented this September.

«Over the past 15 years, New York has experienced a precipitous drop in music production as aggressive programs in California, Texas, and even Canada have lured away thousands of musicians, songwriters, producers, engineers and other professionals,» the letter says.

Just over 1 % of our planet's glaciers — some 2300 in all — are known to undergo these precipitous movements, though the number is likely to rise as glaciers come under closer surveillance by remote sensing.

«It's a precipitous drop,» says Philippe Fauchet, dean of engineering at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, of the 18 % decline his department has seen in international graduate applications as last month's deadlines passed.

Domestic coal production in Japan saw a precipitous drop over the past 30 years, from an estimated 24 million tons in 1980 to 3.5 million tons in the early 2000s, as the country closed all its coal mines and chose to rely on coal imports to meet its needs.

The reason for the precipitous decline in the east, says Wegerdt, is that as Germany's privatisation agency, the Treuhand, closes the giant East German industrial combines, the associated research establishments are forced to go it alone.

As the illness and treatment progressed and winter turned to spring, Drew would have precipitous highs and lows.

When Pedler and his team poured over the trapping records, they observed precipitous declines in rabbit predators such as feral cats and foxes.

As one firm after another toppled, shock waves rippled from Wall Street around the globe with one consequence being the precipitous drop in the price of food and the fuel needed to transport it.

It's like it's an infinitely precipitous climb up a mountain, and as soon as you have taken a few steps upward, just a brief stumble sets you right back where you started.

Realizing how precipitous the Whos» situation is, considering their small size, Horton decides to be their protector, which makes him a target of ridicule in the Jungle of Nool, led by a mean kangaroo, as none of the other animals can hear the minuscule Who's.

But paradoxically, as the nation moved to integrate and increase the quality of opportunities available to African - American students, Dunbar saw a precipitous decline.

Rocketship's test scores used to be high, but the precipitous drops have left «Rocketship's high test scores» as nothing but an old urban legend.

Massachusetts, which is frequently heralded as a leader among the states in education, decided last month to delay a decision about a Common Core assessment until fall 2015, saying that requiring schools to test students on the Common Core that spring, as previously planned, would have been «too precipitous a transition.»

Nonetheless, vehicle sales and the economy as a whole certainly received an extra boost from the precipitous drop in oil costs.

As for the precipitous drop in advances, ask anybody in the business: author, agent, or editor.

Sales figures from the end of last year show that while they don't dominate the marketplace as they once did, print books are showing a good amount of resiliency during the precipitous rise of eBooks... Continue Reading →

A) The precipitous drop in U.S. consumer confidence from May to June isn't as bad as it looks, since consumer confidence is «a volatile data series» at the best of times.

During bear markets, each time there is a precipitous drop, it is followed by a modest recovery, masking as the beginning of a new bull market.

I've been wondering whether there isn't a viable investing strategy that targets being 100 % invested only after a precipitous market decline, then gradually moving to 100 % cash as the market stabilizes.

In fact, many experts warn that the largest segment of baby boomers (often defined as the generation born between 1946 - 1964) will soon begin to forgo pet ownership as they reach their later «golden years,» prompting a precipitous drop in pet ownership, and thus pet - related spending.

It was a difficult climb due to the steep terrain and vertigo - inducing traverses, including a precipitous ridge known as the «Cat's Spine.»

Or amble around Butte Montmartre — the Martyrs» Mound — to peruse the swinging art market and mingle with artists as you pick your way through precipitous stairways and narrow lanes.

Find yourself pleasantly lost as you summit mountains, fly with whales, raise precipitous boardwalks and slide swiftly to new and ever stranger environments.

A cavil to conclude: What a precipitous falling - off is offered in the last two (chronologically) works in the show, one of which foregrounds Superman, pensive as Rodin's Dante on a rock wall in a planetary debris field, the other a cardboard - stiff version of Ironman gauchely embraced by a Teutonic blonde (he can't even get his metallic arms up) before a boring sunset amid comatose palm trees.

Its inaugural exhibition, «See USSR», running until 31st August, showcases some beautiful, art deco - style Intourist posters, such as Alexander Zhitomirsky's iconic «Georgian Military Highway» in which a bright blue, open - topped car rolls merrily along the precipitous mountain road with snowy peaks in the distance.

This lecture - performance takes as its starting point the 1991 staging of La Bayadère by Rudolf Nureyev, at which point the dancer's health was in precipitous decline.

2008 has already shown precipitous cooling, if this continues (as it probably will) you may even lose your weighted bet.