Sentences with phrase «downward spiral towards»

Christpher Pyne, the Education Minister, clearly wants a higher education sector that is high quality, saying «If we don't act, and act now, we risk (the) system falling into a downward spiral towards mediocrity.»

Notably, depleting the cash value with a withdrawal may mean the policy will still ultimately need another contribution (i.e., more premiums) to sustain in the long run; nonetheless, if the cash value is in a downward spiral towards lapse anyway, a withdrawal to repay the loan will help extend the life of the policy, given that the crediting rate of the cash value is always lower than the interest rate of the loan compounding against it (which for newer policies might be a 0.5 % to 1 % spread, but on older policies can be a 2 % spread or more).

While our short, regularly scheduled check - ins with the dog as he begins a downward spiral towards brutal insanity are appropriately suggestive and evocative, our time with the Trentons is less scintillating.

I'm very glad that baby saw us instead of a judgmental lactivist who would give ineffective suggestions and let the baby continue on a downward spiral towards dehydration and hypoglycemic seizures.

Not exact matches

Penny stock companies are quite often companies that are either newly formed or has been sucked into a downward spiral heading towards bankruptcy.

The spirit of anti-Christ is alive today and seeks to continue ill - advising non-Believers and atheists into a continuing spiral downward instead of upward towards the Light of God's Salvation through Jesus Christ.

Barcelona go into this weekend's game on the back of that devastating loss in the hands of Paris Saint Germain which erupted suggestions that Barcelona's dominance is heading towards downward spiral.

He says: «Our results suggest that children who have low levels of well - being are particularly likely to become orientated towards consumer culture, and thus enter into a negative downward spiral.

The first step towards stopping this downward spiral is to get control of your hormone balance.

But the downward spiral of many legal services towards commoditization and the increasingly active and sophisticated purchasing strategies of legal clients both point us in the same direction as the consumer market.