Word: downwardly
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...first steps was to convert the ramp from steel to concrete. If I had a calf's body and hooves, I would be very scared to step on a slippery metal ramp. The final design had a concrete ramp at a 25 [degree] downward angle. Deep grooves in the concrete provided secure footing. The ramp appeared to enter the water gradually, but in reality it abruptly dropped away below the water's surface. The animals could not see the drop-off because the dip chemicals colored the water. When they stepped out over the water, they quietly fell in because...
...write about the topic. Why validate the argument through response? Why try to use logic with a man who found it sound and reasonable to claim that manliness is the world’s most admirable virtue and that the introduction of minority students leads to a downward GPA spiral...
...Free University of Berlin. "It is less able to deal with the segment of the market that doesn't fit that. The fact that companies are transferring jobs to other countries is an omen." Though membership soared after German reunification in 1990, IG Metall's long-term trend is downward. Between 1991 and 1997, the union lost a million members and is now down to about 2.7 million. Harmen Lehment, an economist at the Kiel Institute for World Economics, found that the metalworking industry shed 300,000 jobs in the two years after the 1995 strike - a result, he believes...
...confidence, you’ll find no shortage of them. There will always be something you could have done better, and there will always be people who are doing better. You can find things wrong in anything you do. It’s just too easy to hit that downward spiral, especially here, where when you look around you, everyone else seems to be staying afloat...
...Breaking the downward cycle requires a restatement of the basic reciprocal commitments - renouncing violence and ending the occupation. Israel believes the past 18 months have proved that Arafat never renounced violence, and they're unlikely ever to trust him again. But the Palestinians believe that Sharon has never had any intention of ending the occupation, which would involve negotiating a withdrawal to something close to Israel's pre-1967 borders - positions he's always fiercely opposed...