But a long downtrend into 2010 isn't inevitable, even assuming a systematic lurch to bigger government.
But a long war (or a longer phoney war) could undermine growth and asset prices.
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It won't be a dramatic sudden change but a long, slow, erratic climb out of the freeze.
It may take decades to finish the job, but a long wait is better than the alternative.
Prediction : Will turn a lot of heads at auto shows, but a long way from production.
It was early in the day but a long line stretched outside the entrance and around the building.
Reform is no quick fix, but a long-term project demanding specific cultural knowledge.
Williams is now three wins behind Monica Seles on the WTA list, but a long way behind Martina Navratilova's record 167.
The prime minister is said to be a recent convert, but a long-promised review of higher education has been repeatedly postponed.
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Vinny Dotoli: When we started out, we had an inspiring school on paper but a long journey to make it a reality.
Tom Guest provided the final pass for Amesbury to cross after eight minutes, but a long-range penalty from Barnes quickly reduced the arrears.
This was no sudden response to provocation, but a long-planned move.
And it's not just a codeshare, but a long-standing strategic tie-up.
But a long-run negative impact could manifest itself in subsequent seasons if recruiting becomes more difficult due to the character and leadership questions now hovering offer the university.
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On the inside, construction of the main space is still underway, but a long, inviting bar at one end is complete--well-dressed New Yorkers huddled against it are easy to imagine.
Mass tourism has been slow to discover Bulgaria's rugged north coast, home to few beaches but a long stretch of triumphant limestone cliffs popular with Bulgarian rock-climbers who leap into the crashing waves below.
After Mike Hussey's non-descript slow medium-pacers were briefly employed, Clarke was given a bowl but a long hop was punched through mid-wicket by Dhoni to record the fifty partnership and more significantly the 300 lead.
As time ran out, it seemed they had done enough but a long ball clipped over the top by Xabi Alonso broke to Gerrard and he arrowed a fierce shot into the top corner to snatch the win for his side.
She does have a long record of losing, but also a long record of being undeterred by it.
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In part that's because the circumstances he now faces are not just a long long way from the sunny optimistic rhetoric which preceded the economic crisis, but also a long long way from the economic recovery he once believed would be well under way by now.
Ron Paul remains steady in the polls, even surging a bit lately, but still a long ways from the White House.
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Draghi re-financing operations are more a band-aid than a fire hose, providing temporary support but not a long-lasting solution.
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The BBC's Jon Leyne in Cairo says confirmation of a date in June had been expected but after a long preamble, the commission only expressed hopes about the timetable.
Barbaro has emerged with a guarded prognosis after six hours of surgery, but with a long precarious road to recovery still ahead.
In his opening speech on 9 December 2011, the Archbishop of Canterbury said that the church was not seeking a "privileged position" for Christians in the Middle East but a "long-term hope that the communities will have a guaranteed place in their homelands".
Not a vague, wishy-washy notion that I should "get in shape, " maybe "eat better" or possibly "go on a diet, " but rather a specific long-term plan to enhance my wellness in a way that would not only stick, but fit within the parameters of my busy life as a full-time lawyer, husband and father of four small children.
But as a long-term observer of the sector, it calls all that into question.
But without a long-term sponsorship offer, he had to look elsewhere again in early 2011.
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