Word: downwardly
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...Over time, since the September 11, 2001 events, we’ve seen a pretty significant downward trend in the number of Americans who say immigration should be decreased,” said Stephen R. Pelletier, assistant director of the Harvard Opinion Research Program, a joint venture between KSG and the Harvard School of Public Health...
...movement continued to gain steam as 86 professors, including 73 of the 86 female senior Faculty members, signed a statement “to urge the Harvard administration to assign its highest priority to reversing the downward trend of the past three years in FAS senior offers to women...
This marks the second year of rising numbers of transfers, following a five-year downward trend that ended after no transfers were accepted in spring...
...year-old boy and decided he was a future enemy. In front of a group of onlookers, a man tossed the boy into the air as another took aim and shot him dead. "It was the worse thing I ever saw," Haroun says softly, casting her eyes downward as she hugs her baby tightly to her breast. --With reporting by Massimo Calabresi/Washington, Sam Dealey/al-Fashir and Stephan Faris/Bahai
High heels pitch the body forward, so that walking becomes more like controlled falling and maintaining a healthy heel-to-toe stride is difficult. High heels also point the foot downward, which destabilizes the ankle and prevents it from flexing properly and absorbing the considerable shock--three times our body weight--of walking. Instead, that shock is transferred to the knee and hip joints, a condition that can aggravate arthritis...