The data is presented in a semi-logarithmic format: steady growth appears as a straight line on a semi-log chart.
"As the market no longer sees a straight-line appreciation for the yuan, a lot of Hong Kong exporters receiving yuan as payments are starting to use options to manage their yuan exposure, " said Candy Ho, head of yuan business development in the Asia-Pacific region for HSBC Holdings PLC.
Undoubtedly, there are certain eternal lessons about war, which could be seen as having a straight line from Korea, to Vietnam, to the Cold War and into Desert Storm.
Italy hit back in similar fashion through Bergamasco - not regarded as a front-line Test goalkicker - straight after the restart when Nick Easter was penalised for not releasing after making a tackle, before a remarkable Wilkinson run came to an end.
Derechos are thunderstorms with damaging straight-line winds, as opposed to tornadoes, which are thunderstorms with a strong rotational component.
But the line between Smith and Friedman is not a straight one, as Mr Stedman Jones points out.
Charlie Hodgson came on to replace Peel and this produced instant dividends as he set up Rory Lamont to charge straight at the Clermont line, spin through a challenge and slip the ball to McAlister to go over in the corner.
Even when news stories play it straight down the "he says, she says, " line, who, as a parent, are you going to believe: the company protesting that its toy, usually assembled in China, is just fine and dandy, or the "watchdog" group warning that it's frighteningly dangerous and waving a test to prove it?
Especially as ad budgets tighten, the growth chart on social marketing no longer looks like a straight line up and to the right.
As economic growth screeched to a halt in 2008, margins followed, moving in a straight line back to 1.7% in the third quarter of 2009.
Murphy, who had three hits for his second straight game, hit a soft line drive to center field that hit off Upton's glove as he came in on it and Buck scored.
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