Word: downwardly
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Clearly, Tomassoni had a great run in the early ‘90s. Yet his teams quickly went on a downward spiral. After the ‘94 campaign, Tomassoni’s squads posted five straight non-winning seasons, a first in Harvard men’s hockey history. Still, Tomassoni was not dismissed...
...Iraqi capital. It is that final leg that gives Mulhern a taste of what lies ahead. As the pilot begins his descent into Baghdad airport (put your tray tables in their locked-and-loaded position), he takes the plane into a maneuver called "the corkscrew," a tight downward spiral from about 1,000 ft.--in theory, steep enough to throw off the heat-seeking missiles sometimes launched by insurgents below...
...opting for that higher rate, though, homeowners win only if rates rise. If rates remain stable or fall, the ARM is by far the better deal because the rate starts out low and automatically adjusts downward without the cost of refinancing. Beyond that, Greenspan said, fixed-rate borrowers pay an excessive premium. In high finance there is a quantifiable cost to fix a rate for 30 years. Home-owners pay about 1 percentage point on their loan rate for it, while mortgage lenders (which must hedge their rate risk) pay less than half of that. Over the past 10 years...
...It’s a good way to end it. Home-ice advantage, last time playing at the Bright. To go out together is pretty nice,” McAuliffe said, as a smile lifted her head from a downward gaze used to conceal her feelings...
Though she expressed concern for the downward trend in female junior Faculty for the humanities, Tatar noted that one possible explanation is that more women Faculty members are being promoted to senior Faculty positions from within departments...