Word: downwardly
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Freeman said he did not think that a downward adjustment in American wages would be necessary to stem the tide...
...economy began to pick up in the latter half of 1985, buoyed by heavy consumer spending. Outstanding installment credit jumped 15%, to a record $530 billion. Shopper confidence was partly the result of good news in the job market. Unemployment inched downward from 7.3% in January to 7% in November...
...desperation. "I lost faith in my own voice, and I liked the stage because the characters do all the talking for you." The shift brought criticism: "I was very conscious of the disapproval of friends and reviewers who felt I was taking a rather sharp step downward." Since then, however, playwriting has won Frayn a wider following and much more money than his earlier ventures: Noises Off has been running for four years in London, and Steven Spielberg paid producers a reported $1 million plus for the screen rights, an act Frayn regards as folly. "I was asked...
...academic year, 26 professors signed a letter to Summers and Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby calling on Harvard to reverse the downward trend in tenure offers made to women...
George Hicks, a columnist for The Record, HLS’s weekly paper, warned his peers not to be surprised if they heard a “loud, grinding sound.” That, he explained, would be “the glass ceiling sliding back downward another couple feet...