Word: downward
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...water, laying the basis for the vast expansion of the metropolis across the entire Valley of Mexico. However, as the growing population continues to suck water out in wells, Mexico City is sinking down into the old lake bed at a rate of about three inches a year. This downward plunge puts extra pressure on water distribution pipes, which are now so leaky they lose about 40% of liquid before it even reaches homes...
...survivors” as an unlikely bunch of heroes. They coincidentally meet in some benign location—a mall, a house, a hospital—after which they “wall up” in order to protect themselves. Bored with their surroundings, the characters enter a downward spiral to violence; this “descent” is characterized by tension within the group, which manifests itself in aggression far more intense than that exhibited by their undead counterparts. At the “throw-in-the-towel” phase, the survivors risk death to escape...
...impact will start to wear off later in the year. Absent a recovery in China's hugely important export sector, "the bigger risk in China is of a 'W' shaped outcome," Wood says. In other words, after a brief, stimulus-driven spike, the economy will resume its downward track later in the year. Inevitably, growth will return. But Wood says a second downturn could be perilous and deep if current government measures artificially and temporarily prop up marginal manufacturers that otherwise would go bust (China's total production capacity exceeds domestic demand by a factor of 10), and if tens...
...sounded pretty beat up," a fellow recruiter told investigators later. "He seemed to be upset about recruiting and didn't want to be out here." Patrick was taken off frontline recruiting and assigned to company headquarters. But it didn't stop his downward spiral. The day after a squabble with his wife on Sept. 19, Patrick hanged himself...
...Stimulus Spending As an economic theory, the concept is widely accepted: When consumer and corporate spending collapses, government should increase its spending to prevent a downward economic spiral. The real controversy comes with the next questions: Which government, and by how much? Economists at the International Monetary Fund have recommended globally coordinated stimulus spending of about 2% of GDP to counteract the recession. But so far, that challenge has only been accepted to varying degrees. As a group, European countries, including members of the G-20 like France and Germany, have proposed lower rates of stimulus spending, both this year...