The West Texas seed had a reputation for poor by-products, and therefore brought low prices.
The list of high-and-mighty companies cut down or brought low by market forces is a long one.
The West Indies cricket team, once a world-beating symbol of Caribbean unity, has been brought low by inter-island squabbles.
Ahmadinejad was brought low before his people by a moth he couldn't swat.
Critics of antitrust law like to claim that a great company was brought low and no public good was served.
He felt like he had been brought low by it and humbled and now did believe that the rules were there for a reason.
But in England, the first bank to fall over was Northern Rock, brought low firstly, by offering mortgages on too generous terms (125% of valuation and so on) and by their funding model.
The tragic hero, having gained great power, would get greedy (koros), grow over-confident to the point of overwhelming arrogance bordering on moral blindness (hubris), go mad with power (ate), and then get brought low (nemesis).
Thereafter, the low demand environment brought on by low-to-negligible economic growth and high levels of unemployment is expected to take effect and will likely lead to lower sales.
So this is a very British humiliation, coming inexplicably late after the events that brought RBS low.
There is a ferocious desire for change, and peace, in DR Congo - coupled with a deep sense of humiliation that such a rich country has been brought so low for so long.
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Inflation has been brought down to low single figures, but some mutter that this has come at the expense of output.
Haswell is hardly a secret at this point: there's been a steady drip-drip of demos and technical leaks since as far back as 2011, and just a month ago we brought you the low-down on its integrated graphics.
All that their wisdom has brought them is permanent low spirits.
Dealers typically realize a normal profit margin, with slightly reduced prices offset by low costs brought on by the lack of need for a marketing plan.
On January 5th rumours swept Wall Street that derivatives losses had brought Bank of America low, and that the interest-rate cut had been intended to keep this bank alive.
Perhaps because of the speedy denouement this time around, so far there is no sign of the sorts of reckless cover-ups that ultimately brought previous rogue traders low: no fraudulent financial records or desperate double-or-quits on bad bets in the hope of recouping mounting losses.
Worker efficiency is too low, explained Ackman, while excess coupons and other such deals brought sales prices down way too low.
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As it crossed over land, it began to weaken but still brought torrential rainfall and floods to the low-lying areas.
The state has since brought in charter operators to run two low-performing schools, and parents told him, "we'd be out of here" had that not happened, Mr. Finegold said.
Hulse should have sealed victory from the penalty spot after Chris Hussey was adjudged to have brought down Lee Croft but Konstantopoulos dived low to his left and made an excellent save.
India's Sensex index jumped 3.4% to 15685.21, snapping a five-session losing streak that had brought the benchmark to a 28-month low.
Gera then volleyed over on the turn and Dembele forced Hahnemann into a low save before Davies appeared to be brought down by the American as he tried to take the ball round him.
The AFL-CIO and U.S. Chamber of Commerce had been fighting over wages for tens of thousands of low-skilled workers who would be brought in under the new program to fill jobs in construction, hotels and resorts, nursing homes and restaurants, and other industries.
Most goods brought into the U.S. from China are low-end consumer goods, such as textile products.
Uribe has brought consistent growth of about 7% annually and relatively low inflation, with food prices remaining fairly stable.
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They keep the vegetation low in the winter when the sheep are brought down to lower levels, and they provide food for birds like choughs.
It is, of course, unfair to conclude from these results that everyone with a low credit score who participated in this study brought financial disaster upon themselves.
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