The result is that subsequent structures collapse at increasingly lower heights and require more effort to build.
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The Korean behemoth has other ideas, once again refreshing the former flagship to ensure it'll remain on store shelves as an increasingly lower-end option.
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And as neighborhoods have become more segregated by class, lower-income students increasingly find themselves huddled into lower-quality schools.
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But federal courts have been increasingly questioning whether these lower standards should apply to information as sensitive as a person's location.
Consequently, Forsyth says, Britons imbibing in the house and in lower volumes increasingly want their beer to be more distinctive than big-brand lager can offer - both in terms of taste and provenance.
"We think financial sector deleveraging and dealers' decreased ability to take large positions from customers means that lower volumes will increasingly move the market, " they added.
Also nicked: the University of Miami, cited for lower liquidity and an increasingly underfunded pension plan for employees.
Given the current economy, it may be increasingly difficult for men in the lower classes to support families.
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The big problem is that the benefits of hard work have been increasingly concentrated at the top while earnings of lower- and middle-income workers have been stagnant for decades.
Surveys repeatedly show doctors are fed up with low reimbursement rates from Medicare and even lower from Medicaid, which have increasingly led doctors to no longer see new patients in those government-run plans.
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Ironically, to counteract this, the Big Three automakers have increasingly moved production from the U.S. to lower-labor-cost countries like Mexico.
For consumers, there is the prospect of more choice and lower prices, for the phone-makers an increasingly desperate fight to claim their share of the cake. it will be fun to watch.
Although the Pacific Cartel still sits on top of the criminal hierarchy, the lower ranks of the criminal power structure have become increasingly problematic due to internal feuds among groups fighting to reconsolidate after a series of violent leadership changes.
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Although emerging-market players are increasingly powerful, it is a myth that their prime advantage is lower labour costs.
With the turn and bounce becoming increasingly unpredictable, Harbhajan and Mishra were nigh-on unplayable for the lower order.
From the other side, French exporters are being assailed by lower-cost competitors the emerging economies, but increasingly by countries in Southern Europe such as Spain that are cutting production costs.
However, these products are increasingly commoditized and ASPs as well as margins will almost surely continue to trend lower.
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In this Net era, companies will increasingly enjoy such direct connections with customers, and be able similarly to exploit lower long-term marketing costs.
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The U.S. market is becoming increasingly important for panel manufacturers and an imposition of a tariff may result in lower volumes for Suntech and other Chinese firms.
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To me this reinforces the view that the smartphone market is becoming increasingly competitive not only as it matures, but as more companies are bringing lower cost models to market.
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There is an increasingly narrow constituency for protecting the wealthiest taxpayers at the expense of tax reforms and lower tax rates for average earners.
While this helps to contain inflation in an import-dependent economy, further rapid capital inflows could trap Manila in a vise that's increasingly common in developing Asia rapid currency appreciation (which would argue for lower interest rates to deter excess capital inflows) versus mounting asset inflation (which would require higher interest rates).
"Investors are increasingly saying they're ready to take some risk at the beginning and live with lower yields if yields can then be brought up after a refurb, " said Eric Adler, global chief investment officer of Prudential Real Estate Investors, Inc.
First, the reindustrialization of America: The U.S. is an increasingly attractive manufacturing platform because of productivity gains, more flexible labor markets, technological advances and lower energy costs.
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Each level of card has varying and increasingly more complex perks, but the benefit most consumers can actually take advantage of is available on the lower fee cards.
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The arrival of auto, steel and petrochemical plants and, increasingly, the aerospace industry reflects a critical shift for the Southeast, which historically depended on lower-wage industries such as textiles and furniture.
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