Word: plummet
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...even if greenhouse gas emissions miraculously plummet next year, we would not expect to see a big change in disaster losses. So it's important to stay focused on the real cause of the problem, says Pielke. "Talking about land-use policies in coastal Mississippi may not be the sexiest topic, but that's what's going to make the most difference on this issue," he says...
Tens of millions of Americans have quit smoking cigarettes. The benefits of quitting - no matter what your age - are prodigious. Risks of heart disease and stroke plummet. So does the risk of lung cancer, along with cancers of the mouth, throat, bladder, cervix and pancreas. But can the damage from smoking ever be completely undone? Norman Edelman, chief medical officer of the American Lung Association, explains...
...assured. By the time he left office, Blair was deeply unpopular in Britain, and not just because of Iraq; Britons were tired of what they saw as a government of constant spin, tinged, toward the end, with sleaze. Though Blair's successor, Gordon Brown, has seen his own popularity plummet, there is no sign yet that Blair's reputation in the U.K. has been rehabilitated...
...more than five decades, lost the Upper House to the DPJ during last summer's elections. As a result, the last eight months have been a political tug-of-war that has resulted in many disputes. Playing a central role is Fukuda, who has watched his approval ratings plummet in the past few weeks, with some polls showing as low as 24%. (By contrast, former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's approval rating hovered around 30% when he stepped down last September...
...barrel oil, they face sharp food shortages and the region's highest inflation rate. If Chavez were to exacerbate the situation by entering a war, his political popularity - which has dropped since he lost a referendum last year in which he sought greater powers and an unlimited tenure - would plummet...