Word: taper
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...Three to four weeks before the marathon, you begin a taper to drop your mileage,” said Woo, explaining that runners want to avoid overexertion and injury...
...profits have nearly doubled in the past four years. That is due in part to increased investment. The British economist foresees growth this year reaching 3.5%, but attributes a full percent of it to a temporary boost from the ending of the miners' strike. He expects the expansion to taper off to 2.25% next year. Brittan noted that the slowdown in the U.S. has not seriously affected West European growth so far because it has limited American output but not demand for products supplied by the rest of the world...
...rather suddenly, the speculations and assumptions about papal succession--the sort bandied while a Pope still lives--undergo sober reassessment in the cold light of his passing. The theoretical contracts rather alarmingly into the real, conversations with the outside world truly do taper off, and the 115 men who now stand before one of the most important decisions they will ever make are reminded of precisely why they pray for the Holy Spirit's guidance in their task. --With reporting by Jordan Bonfante, Emma di Ravello and Jeff Israely/ Rome; Jeff Chu/ New York; and Marguerite Michaels/ Chicago...
...three days after death hair and fingernails continue to grow but phone calls taper off. -Johnny Carson...
Still, Kresh warns, property values could start to slide, and you could be stuck. Also, IRA investors need to think about how they will liquidate those investments when it's time to take required distributions at age 70 1/2. But even if real estate prices taper off a bit, Housewert is convinced that investing his IRA in properties on Florida's sunny coast will lead to brighter days for his retirement savings...