"Downward-Facing Death" may not be Dostoyevsky, but I still had 10, 000 words due every month.
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Even before signing the contract for my "yoga detective" novel "Downward-Facing Death, " I needed to start writing.
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For all intents and purposes, all this research shows that developed nations are on the downward-sloping portion of the Rahn Curve.
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Although downward-looking diagrams of the Main Asteroid Belt make it look incredibly dense, the region has significant gaps, clumps and clusters.
In their vivid imaginations, they see upward-sloping supply curves, downward-sloping demand curves, and all the implications that arise from these and other assumptions.
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However, the UN's latest report has revised downward--from 36 inches to 17 inches--its estimates of how much the seas are going to rise in the next 100 years.
Look at it from the side to see the angles at their most extreme: the sharp, downward-sloping nose and a low bonnet show off muscular wheel arches and gaping side vents.
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There are even downward-looking cameras, for lane-departure warning.
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There are a few differences between the two, besides the cut-off top: In silhouette, the Roadster has a downward-sloping nose and a lower, smoother rear end that give it a slightly more polished look than the coupe.
His design incorporates a downward-angled port where bats can enter, leading to a 34mm-wide chute with roughened timber walls which they can crawl up to gain access to an attic 10.5m long and 3m high at the apex.
The best-fit estimate represented by the downward-slopping line in the chart reveals that for each one percentage point of personal income that social welfare spending rises above 10%, net private investment falls by about 1.2 percentage points of personal income.
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Unfortunately, because of the nature of air circulation, any downward-pointing force created aerodynamically generates a backward-pointing resistance in the process just as an increase in the lift of an aircraft wing as the flaps are lowered for take-off or landing creates more drag in the process, forcing the pilot to open the engine throttles to overcome the extra wind resistance.
Monetary easing which includes downward movement of short-term interest rates must surely be more effective than monetary easing without downward movement of short-term interest rates.
Wall Street was in rally mode Monday, after a reversal Friday that helped break the downward post-election momentum.
This reduction is the largest single year dollar decrease in Federal contract spending on record, and establishes a three-year downward trend from 2009-2012.
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From there, Scavone and his six portfolio managers try to find companies that are likely to show more such disappointments--downward momentum, as it were--because of slowing sales growth, a botched acquisition or heightened competition.
Although these days many demotions are the result of belt-tightening, some workers still get booted downward for old-fashioned reasons like poor performance.
Given that the Dax topped out 12 days ahead of SPY, we may see more choppy-to-downward action before its correction is over.
If we occur to ourselves accurately as resourceful, we may find ourselves in fairly high-stakes or high-risk situations with a sense of plenty that makes a mockery of binaries like upward-versus-downward mobility.
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The big investment play on electric-powered vehicles, Tesla Motors (TSLA), the leading developer and maker of battery electric vehicles, recently revised downward its third-quarter delivery from 500 vehicles to 200-225, and its full year target from 5, 000 to 2, 700-3, 250 due to production issues, including delays in delivery due in part to flooding at one of its component suppliers.
Asia is buying fewer Canadian forestry and mineral exports, which has exacerbated a 20-year downward trend in world commodity prices that roughly corresponds to the loonie's own 20-year depreciation.
To illustrate, in its statement after its December meeting, the Committee expressed the view that economic conditions are likely to warrant an unusually low federal funds rate for some time. 2 To the extent that such statements cause the public to lengthen the horizon over which they expect short-term rates to be held at very low levels, they will exert downward pressure on longer-term rates, stimulating aggregate demand.
If these youngsters also have poor qualifications, it makes it even more difficult for them - facing the downward pressure from expanding numbers of graduates, who will occupy more sought-after jobs.
Chan highlighted the current state of the Eurozone as another factor putting downward pressure on risk-assets.
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Since 1995, yields have been in a pretty well-defined downward channel, line d and e.
The daily chart shows a well-defined downward trading channel, lines a and b.
The greatest source of downward pressure on South-East Asia's currencies comes from local firms desperate to service their foreign debts.
Similarly, data from the National Interagency Fire Center show the number of U.S. wildfires is on a 35-year downward trend.
This is where things start to spiral downward in the Lumbergh-Priestley fashion.
Profits at the big banks fell last year, and, as the International Business Times reports, profitability is on a long-term downward trend.
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