Word: shrunk
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...slow economic recovery. The payout from the endowment will decline by 8 percent in dollar value for the next fiscal year and is projected to fall by at least another 8 percent from 2010 to 2011—meaning that the payout in two years will have shrunk by over 15 percent from this year, the University’s Chief Financial Officer Daniel S. Shore said yesterday. The new budget guidance marks a departure from University instructions issued in the fall, which directed Harvard administrators to plan for scenarios ranging from a flat payout to a 2 percent decline...
...same month a year earlier, while Singapore's fell 35% and South Korea's 33%. Overall economic growth is following suit. In the fourth quarter of 2008, Taiwan's GDP contracted 8.4% from the same period a year earlier, the worst quarter on record. South Korea's GDP shrunk 3.4% in the fourth quarter, Singapore's fell 3.7% and Hong Kong's dipped 2.5%. Eric Fishwick, head of economic research at brokerage CLSA in Hong Kong, predicts these dismal numbers will persist. He sees Singapore's GDP contracting 10% this year, while South Korea's will decline 7%, Hong Kong...
...urban identity, but it fails to convey any inspiring or provocative messages. Overcome by clichéd perspectives and overly deliberated connections, the exhibition is muddled by the cheap, commercial nature of the photographs. While there was no gift shop in the Athenaeum, the museum very well could have shrunk Vanderwarker’s images to sell them as postcards to tourists...
...only casualties from the fallout of Israel's offensive: President Abbas himself and his U.S.-sponsored peace negotiations with the Israelis have also suffered. Abbas' behavior during the conflict, when he tried to score points against Hamas instead of rallying support against Israel's assault, has shrunk his already low credibility among Palestinians and the Arab world...
...continued to plummet since the program was started in mid-October. Two of the nation's largest banks, Citigroup and Bank of America, have had to tap the relief fund twice, yet neither bank appears any more stable. Indeed, concerns about Bank of America's insolvency have grown, not shrunk, in the past few months. What's more, none of the government money spent so far has done anything to increase lending or lower foreclosures. (See the best business deals...