What could be a characteristic of a company becomes a characteristic of a sector.
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But what if this decline is a characteristic of corporate size rather than an economic trend?
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This is a characteristic intellectual gesture by Thomas to assert that government poisons whatever it touches.
His phrases have a characteristic ripple, a shape that is always and only Perahia.
Zoom in on the diver in the photo and you can see a characteristic Photoshop halo.
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Self-doubt is a characteristic that a modern president of either party must banish as he speaks.
Hamilton topped the timesheets in all three qualifying sessions in Montreal with a characteristic display of attacking but assured driving.
This produces a characteristic wiggle on a graph, a so-called power spectrum, which can then be matched against theoretical expectation.
But after that, he expects seasonal forces and federal-budget politicking to send stocks into a characteristic second- and third-quarter correction.
The ability to multitask and assimilate new information on the fly has always been a characteristic of the best PR practitioners.
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This may be a characteristic seen on other envelopes he has sent.
There is one more striking parallel, but this is not a characteristic of the three political ideologies, but one of the West.
DNA, and it has a characteristic that is particularly useful for scientists who want to examine it: it seems to prefer laboratory life.
"If you look at Dell's profitability and financial characteristics, you'd be hard-pressed to call this a terrible business, " he says, with a characteristic grin.
Most diffuse X-ray sources in the Universe have a characteristic temperature because they represent the residual radiation from an event, such as a supernova.
But while twin studies are useful for establishing the extent to which a characteristic is heritable, they do not finger the particular genes at work.
He says Kim's unpredictable brinksmanship isn't so much a reflection of his personality, it's a characteristic inherited from his father, the country's former leader, Kim Il-sung.
Apple's reputation for market-leading innovation took a knock after the iPhone 5 was seen as an iteration of an earlier design rather than a characteristic step-change.
He did not even look up from his desk, where he was writing, merely saying: "You'll lose, you know" a characteristic combination of bad manners and bad judgment.
Within 24 to 48 hours, an itchy red bump that resembles a bug bite develops, with a characteristic black area in the center where the skin is dying.
Rosanne and her team have designed a solution rooted in collaboration (which, as David Bornstein so eloquently noted last week, is a characteristic of many social entrepreneurs).
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Gold portends to restrain government spending (to what can be taxed and borrowed, rather than printed), a characteristic which horrifies the Democrats but thrills the Tea Party and conservatives.
Forrest Gump was O'Donnell's affectionate nickname when he played for Celtic, in honour of his tireless running - a characteristic of the film's main character, played by Tom Hanks.
He blamed the advent of jazz ("Moron Music") on Jews and claimed that Jews were natural traitors: "The Jewish Associates of Benedict Arnold" was a characteristic Dearborn Independent headline.
Scott looks good in a suit, whereas the office boss in the BBC original, David Brent, had a characteristic slump highlighted by a wrinkled white shirt and a cheap tie.
The Yuki-tsumugi technique is employed to produce pongee silk (also called raw silk) - a light and warm material with a characteristic stiffness and softness, traditionally used to make kimonos.
With a little subtlety, Mr Lazio should be able to win the same support, without ruining his reputation for being likeable a characteristic even black Democratic congressmen from New York happily affirm.
These enabled them to cross-refer their observations on 5 January 2000 to earlier observations and to evaluate a characteristic pattern of illness as it had evolved over a period of several months.
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