Almost nothing else about the global economy has stayed so constant for so long.
In an index of perceptions produced by Transparency International, a monitoring group, India's score of 2.8 has remained constant for a decade.
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Throughout Shearwater's history, bird imagery has been a constant for the band.
And yet, despite companies pouring billions and billions more each year into research and development, the number of new drugs approved annually has held roughly constant for over fifty years.
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In the latest census, in 1999, immigrants numbered 4.3m and made up some 7.4% of the population (overseas territories excluded), a proportion that France's national statistics office reckons has been more or less constant for a quarter of a century.
Moore was one of the pioneers at Intel and projected that every couple of years a new set of computing processors would render its predecessor obsolete and that this pace of innovation would be the new constant for decades to come.
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Giggs has been a constant for Sir Alex Ferguson as the Old Trafford supremo etched himself into footballing folklore as the most decorated English manager as United basked in a golden era matched only in history by Liverpool's dominance of the late 1970s and early 80s.
Jeremy Gutsche, the chief trend hunter at Trendhunter.com, notes that "Google search volume for archery has remained relatively constant" for archery over the years, but that's not to say it hasn't made a splash: He saw archery-infused fashion shoots crop up this year.
In science, with its constant search for the truth, this is something to celebrate.
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Do you maintain a California base in a state of constant readiness for your return?
Yet Planktos is a constant target for groups who don't buy into the idea of carbon offsets.
Yet these guys seem in a constant battle for getting in front of your eyes every waking moment.
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Audrey Hepburn is one of my constant inspirations for her timeless style and professional behavior both on and off-screen.
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The underlying factor that has been fueling constant growth for Google is innovation.
Regis is an example, says Travis, of a company that provides services that consumers have a constant need for: haircuts.
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It is a constant battle for engineers to tweak systems to get them to use up less volume and mass.
Wang, a constant threat for the visitors, slotted home from close range to put his side ahead before the break.
Because they finance the upfront cost of the solar system, they have an constant need for capital to reach scale.
But by then West Brom could have been further ahead, with Roman Bednar a constant threat for the home side.
Add the fiscal situation, where spending and revenues are completely out of whack, and one sees a constant yearning for safety.
Since then, the double bind concept has been recognized as a constant challenge for women who want to advance their careers.
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Such an attempt has the virtue of being futile and hence ensuring constant employment for those who teach and write about macroeconomics.
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Instead of the constant chase for the shiny new thing, maybe the better bet is more diligent focus on mastering incumbent media.
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Bullion made constant headlines for incessantly pushing up on multi-year highs to record levels the last couple of weeks, peaking on Tuesday.
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Putting food on the table has become a constant worry for Jenni.
They could make constant demands for more spending without having to come up with any realistic explanation of how it would be paid for.
Jonathan and I got rather impatient with the constant clicking for four hours, especially when it continued through our rest-stop at a fast food outlet.
Skills shortages have been a constant concern for the engineering sector.
Great white sharks are attracted to the warm ocean currents along Australia's southern coastline and are a constant concern for divers who work in the sea.
Silly, but that is the constant storyline for the female athletes as accomplished as Kim Clijsters, U.S. Open champion, and Olympic medalist Lindsey Vonn, among many others.
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