For example, in America a widely noted phenomenon is the consistent tendency of budget deficits to increase despite all efforts to reduce them.

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The number of temples is overwhelming, but so is the media's indifference to this aspect of the city, as is their consistent tendency to sell the world the most glamour-focused, profane vision of New York.

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Momentum can be defined as the tendency of stocks to demonstrate consistent performance over a given period of time (typically three to twelve months), and the tendency of past winners to keep winning and losers to keep losing relative to their peers.

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The tabloid press often failed to show "consistent respect for the dignity and equality of women", and there is a "tendency to sexualise and demean" women.

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