Word: spiraling
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...harder to introduce tough reform measures. "They are writing off loans, but the bad loans are growing faster," says C. Fred Bergsten, director of the Institute for International Economics in Washington. "That feeds a lack of confidence that brings more nonperforming loans--and that is a death spiral...
...Press; 180 pages; $23) doesn't directly address terrorism's latest face, as it was written before 9/11. But for newcomers to the subject, Lewis' brisk explication of the tense dynamic between Islam and the West offers a historical case for what he calls the Muslim world's "downward spiral of hate and spite, rage and self-pity, poverty and oppression...
...stumble on the side-by-side double Axel. Berezhnaya's landings on the throw jumps were also not as smooth as Sale's. Though the Russians peppered their program with innovative moves--at one point Berezhnaya opened into a spread eagle with Sikharulidze clinging to her in a spiral--Sale and Pelletier were a miracle of unity...
...with the utmost care. Standards must be clarified across departments and within individual classes in order to ensure a fair grading system. Convincing professors to take a personal, active interest in the grades their students receive will not be easy, but it is essential to reversing the upward spiral of Harvard’s grades...
Plenty of issues remain. Japan's banks have $1 trillion in bad loans on their books, and there is no comprehensive plan for dealing with the mess. The slumping economy will push earnings down 20% or so this year, and a deflationary spiral is keeping just about everyone from making any meaningful investment in the stock market. So prices keep drifting lower. Amazingly, the bellwether Nikkei stock average is now at levels first reached in 1984, down 73% from the 1989 peak...