Word: fallenness
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Concurrently, the number of hours logged by the average dorm crew worker has fallen by more than half. But the number of students participating in Dorm Crew—which the program head says is one of the highest-paying student jobs on campus—has increased...
...past ten years, the total number of hours logged by dorm crew workers has fallen by 67 percent, but in the past five years, the number of students participating has risen by almost 30 percent...
After suffering a 27 percent investment loss in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009, the University found itself unable to tap many of its most-recently endowed funds, which had fallen in value to less than the amount bequeathed by the donor and are considered “underwater...
...according to Shore, as the University is in the process of formulating a new policy to address spending from underwater funds. But Shore said he expected the new income to be less than the $50 million figure. Excessive spending from a specific endowment fund, especially one that has already fallen below its original value, can erode at its long-term value—a crucial consideration for financial planners at the University, since most endowments are meant to last in perpetuity...
...years of neglect took their toll on the world's farmers, laying the groundwork for a crisis. During the Green Revolution in India, for example, crop yields routinely grew at 4% to 6% a year; by the late 1980s, the annual increase had fallen to 2% or less. At the same time, demand for food increased. As consumers in high-growth giants such as China and India became wealthier, they began eating more meat, so grain once used for human consumption got diverted to beef up livestock. Making matters worse, land and resources also got reallocated to produce biofuels. Once...