Sentences with phrase «precipitous rise in»

And that corporations are voting with their feet, judging by the precipitous rise in in - house counsel and growing demands for alternative billing structures (a quick glance through the last 12 months of ABA magazine articles provides a rich data source for this debate)?

The report documents the precipitous rise in insured and uninsured weather - related losses in the U.S. and how climate change will likely magnify these losses in the years ahead, whether in homeowner losses due to hurricanes, crop losses due to drought or business interruptions due to lightning strikes.

It's a reasonable argument and one that could help us to address the precipitous rise in greenhouse - gas emissions.

Everything is collapsed from such a precipitous rise in temperature.

Not exact matches

Of course, the precipitous drop in oil prices (down about 40 % from last year) is helping some large manufacturing, consumer discretionary, and transportation companies (prominently including airlines) offset the negative impact of the rising dollar.

There's a new cultural trend on a precipitous rise: spending money in the name of «self - care.»

Despite a precipitous decline in the U.S. rig count, greater efficiency has allowed U.S. domestic production to rise by roughly 500k barrels since the end of 2014, according to Bloomberg data.

«The precipitous rise of Pegida has shaken Germany's main parties to the core and prompted an acrimonious debate at a time when Europe's biggest economy is straining to deal with a record intake of more than 200,000 asylum seekers in 2014 — mainly from Iraq and Syria — a figure higher than any other country in Europe and which is due to rise considerably this year.»

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.

The state education agency recently reported that 15 % of the state's teachers left the classroom in 2014 - 15 — a precipitous rise since 2010 (N.C. Department of Public Instruction, 2015).

«Winner - Take - All Politics: Public Policy, Political Organization, and the Precipitous Rise of Top Incomes in the United States.»