Sentences with phrase «on dramatic decline»

In the early 1980's investors ignored punk profits and focused on the dramatic decline in interest rates.

Conservative leader David Cameron has put a brave face on a dramatic decline in his the party's opinion poll lead.

«Scientists, policy makers and the public have been focused on the dramatic declines in the well - known eastern population, yet this study reveals that western monarchs are even more at risk of extinction,» Pelton said.

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It all suggests that the dramatic day and a half of legal proceedings are but a prelude to even more courtroom theatrics and combat in what has become a sordid, long - standing matter (for the full saga, read the Disturbing Decline of Sumner Redstone) that reflects poorly on countless participants, not least the boards of CBS and Viacom, which took no action to remove Redstone as their executive chairman until Herzer's case forced their hand.

However, the dramatic year - long decline in U.S. drilling activity is taking a toll on production, causing U.S. crude stockpiles to decline for a record ninth consecutive week, with a drawdown of 2.34 MMbbl reported for the week ending July 15.

It is now pretty obvious that the delay in the budget to April 21 had nothing to do with uncertainty resulting from the dramatic decline on oil prices.

Declines in homeownership among lower - income, nonwhite and young adults were especially dramatic following the housing crisis, as subprime lending, which many homeowners had previously relied on, all but dried up.

John Williams explains why he believes the dramatic decline of the U.S. Dollar will be the primary cause for hyperinflation and gives his view on owing gold.

Deputy Governor Timothy Lane said last week that the oil price decline wouldn't have a dramatic effect on Canada, which, in fairness, probably left people feeling pretty confident that a cut wasn't coming.

Consider a partial list of developments since just World War II: a broad national decline in denominational loyalty, changes in ethnic identity as hyphenated Americans enter the third and subsequent generations after immigration, the great explosion in the number of competing secular colleges and universities, the professionalization of academic disciplines with concomitant professional formation of faculty members during graduate education, the dramatic rise in the percentage of the population who seek higher education, the sharp trend toward seeing education largely in vocational and economic terms, the rise in government regulation and financing, the great increase in the complexity and cost of higher education, the development of a more litigious society, the legal end of in loco parentis, an exponential and accelerating growth in human knowledge, and so on.

Generally, as news anchors and the news itself, more and more become the products of popular culture and consumers» desire to see the handsome and the beautiful, and the dramatic and alluring, television viewers will suffer more and more from inaccurate reporting, inane and nearly meaningless stories, outright stupidity, and a complete decline in journalistic integrity (of which this story on CNN is a part).

The effects of the decline of marriage on children are dramatic, unequal, and deeply disturbing.

Nick Young, on the other hand, has regressed to an overall player rating of 59 — a dramatic decline from his rating of 72 six years prior.

Well, for one it's a great word, for two, Saponara has seen a dramatic decline in his play from last season, one in which he seemed like Italy's next great # 10, scoring five goals and dishing out an impressive 11 assists, all while averaging over two key passes, two dribbles and two shots per match, a feat no one on Roma managed last season.

It is clearly inaccurate to argue that under the NPP Ghana experienced the highest improvement in sub-Saharan Africa on this measure, nor is it entirely clear that the figures show a dramatic decline since 2010.

In the case of Garner, whose confrontation with police was captured on a dramatic video on which Garner can be heard repeatedly saying he can't breathe, former Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan declined to release minutes from the grand jury.

The Riders Alliance released a short animated video addressing the dramatic rise in overcrowding on public transit in the NYC area and a corresponding decline in service.

Also an author on the fourth IPCC report, he had led a 2005 study on western snowpack levels that had also documented declines that were less dramatic than those in this new study.

In the flurry of new research on the rapid decline of Steller sea lions, harbor seals, and northern fur seals, I thought one of the most likely causes was a dramatic climate shift in the region they inhabit.

«In terms of practical nature conservation, these results signify that in the future it will no longer be sufficient to preserve small, isolated reserves — while these benefit specialized species with a simple genetic structure, the bulk of species that depend on an exchange between local populations will lose out in the medium to long term,» predicts Schmitt, and he adds in closing, «This will lead to a further decline of numerous insect species — with dramatic consequences for entire food webs and ecosystems.»

By the end of 2012, 35 mm film in movie theaters is expected to decline to 37 percent on a global scale, which is a dramatic decline from 68 percent of global cinema screens in 2010.

As seen below, the results in terms of slowing the decline on the MMSE were dramatic.

And on the same day in the journal Cancer, doctors announced the continued, dramatic decline in cancer deaths, which began in the early 1990s.

Early adopters of the practice report dramatic declines in school discipline problems, as well as improved climates on campuses and even gains in student achievement.

A 2005 research study by the MDRC, a New York - and Oakland, California - based research group, found that Kansas City high schools produced and sustained a «double digit» improvement in the percentage of 11th - graders reading proficiently and a dramatic decline in the percentage of students scoring «unsatisfactory» on the state test.

Barnes & Noble is considered the No. 2 or No. 3 ebook retailer, although in the last year or two, it has suffered dramatic sales declines and pulled back on its international presence; now the only country where you can buy Nook ebooks is the United States.

The gallery was conceived in 1980s as a «Tate of the North» with a view to help rejuvenate Liverpool, once a leading industrial center but facing a dramatic decline since the mid-1970s, as part of the redevelopment plan of the city's disused dockyard on the River Mersey's waterfront.

I start (and started) from the premise that the dramatic decline in crude oil prices that took place from August, 2014 ($ 96 / barrel), to March, 2015 ($ 44 / barrel), was due — on the one hand — to decreased demand, a function of slow economic growth in Asia, Europe, and elsewhere, endogenous, price - driven technological change leading to greater fuel efficiency, and policy - driven technological change that also has been leading to greater fuel efficiency, such as more stringent Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards in the United States; and — on the other hand — was due to increased supply, partly a function of the growth of unconventional (tight) U.S. oil production (a product of the combination of two technologies — horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing).

The resulting change in availability of prey has in turn caused dramatic declines in the numbers of predatory seabirds in west coast colonies and corresponding increases in the size of those colonies on the south and east coast over the same period [58].

The dramatic decline in Arctic sea ice and snow is one of the most profound signs of global warming and has coincided with «a period of ostensibly more frequent events of extreme weather across the mid-latitudes, including extreme heat and rainfall events and recent severe winters,» according to the conference organizers, who are posting updates under the #arctic17 hashtag on Twitter.

The most dramatic decline is registered in the A1B marker; this is related to its aggressive assumptions on the introduction of low - sulfur technologies and fuel switching in the ASIA region (see Box 5 - 3 for more details).

Maybe more worrying still, Germany — the early leader in the race to run industrial economies on renewables — showed a dramatic 56 percent year - on - year decline in renewables investment in 2013.

While much of the enthusiasm at the American Wind Energy Association's (AWEA's) WINDPOWER 2017 annual event in Anaheim, Calif., was focused on onshore wind technology and development, a number of industry experts noted that over the past year, the offshore wind sector has seen a surge that can be pegged on dramatic cost declines, policy initiatives, and a big leap in technical advancements.

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i.e. warmth exponentially increasing based on myriad feedback loops amplifying velocity, such as dramatic acceleration of declining albedo; increasing methane release from melting permafrost (Siberian sink holes); from dramatic increases of fauna as nature exploits an ever increasing land footprint and atmospheric conditions conducive to exponential growth?

This change is likely to be most dramatic in Arctic coastal waters, which are rapidly freshening due to the melting of ice on glaciers and permafrost (McPhee et al. 2009), accelerating OA and Ωaragonite decline relative to the rates expected from anthropogenic CO2 alone (Tank et al. 2012).

As if the dramatic decline in some big cat populations over the last two decades wasn't bad enough, it turns out that they're not the only mammals struggling to survive on the African plains.

Furthermore, the UN projections of a relatively stable population for the whole of the developed world depend on dramatic, and highly unlikely, declines projected in a handful of key countries.

Further research is also needed on the impact of traffic calming in other settings in which the background decline in injury rates might be less dramatic, particularly in low and middle income settings, where 85 % of road traffic related injuries occur3 and where there has been little evaluation of the impact of traffic calming schemes.16

# 3: Lower Snake River (WA, OR, ID) Threat: Four dams Four dams on the lower Snake River have caused dramatic declines in the Snake River basin's once magnificent salmon runs and have stymied efforts to restore these fish.

The decline in a sub-index on ICT use is even more dramatic.

The decision provoked a wave of anxiety on the cryptocurrency market, which led to a dramatic decline in the price of main digital currencies, including bitcoin and ripple.

What's more, this technology could lead to a dramatic decline in the number of batteries that need to be produced and disposed of, which would obviously have a huge positive impact on the environment.

In Texas, a recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that blocking patients from going to Planned Parenthood led to a 35 % decline in women on Medicaid using the most effective methods of birth control and a dramatic 27 % spike in births among women who had previously had access to injectable contraception through Medicaid.

Harvard University political scientist Robert Putnam wrote the classic book on social capital, Bowling Alone, which documents the dramatic decline of trust and community in the United States over the last 50 years.

In Texas, a recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that «defunding Planned» Parenthood led to a 36 % decline in women on Medicaid using the most effective methods of birth control and a dramatic 27 % spike in births among women who had previously had access to injectable contraception.

But Redfin notes that investment from overseas is beginning to wane, and markets that are most dependent on foreign investors are seeing a «steady and dramatic decline» in the sales of seven - figure properties.