The big news this year, according to Baty: Though the U.S. still dominates the list, taking seven of the top ten slots and 76 places in the top 200, American institutions are starting to fall down in the rankings, while Asian schools, which are getting more support and funding from their governments, are moving up.
Of the 55 housing markets Knight Frank tracked for this research, 20 saw prices fall in 2012, down from 25 in 2011.
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The ceiling could fall back down again in 2013, they say, or the government could decide to "claw back" gift- and estate-tax savings from this year and next.
According to Adam Law at Barclays Capital, the unexpected weakness in May sales was largely down to a fall in food sales.
Looking at input costs, which generally gives insight into pent-up inflation, one sees that PPI fell 0.3% in July on the back of a marked fall in gas prices (down 3.1% in July and 40% on a three-month annualized basis).
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He believes the decline in marriage is largely down to a sharp fall in the earning power and job prospects of non-college educated American men, many of whom now lack the means to get married, leaving their offspring "doubly disadvantaged" - lacking both assets and a stable home.
Plus, Kodak can ramp production up or down as needed, building up for the peak in summer and winding down in the fall.
And Kodak can ramp production up or down as needed, building up for the peak in summer and winding down in the fall.
The fall in industrial output in July was revised down to 1.0%.
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STV's national airtime revenue was down 1% in July and the broadcaster expects a fall of 6% in August, with September expected to be down 2%.
The swift fall in the unemployment rate, down to 9.4% from 9.8% in November, is nothing to write home about either.
General Stan McChrystal, Gen Petraeus' predecessor as Nato commander in Kabul, also suffered a public fall from grace in 2010, stepping down after staff members were quoted by Rolling Stone magazine being critical about the Obama administration.
Snapper, grouper, amberjack and many other fish join the list before the season winds down in the fall.
This arrangement came crashing down in the fall of 2008 as mortgage defaults increased and the guarantees became real liabilities.
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The IMA said that the fall in sales was down to investors not committing new money, rather than mass panic withdrawals.
Domestic demand for electricity continued to fall - down by 4% in 2009 and down by 10% between 2005 and 2009.
There was a sense that perhaps the momentum was moving towards a position where U.S. troops could start drawing down in the fall.
But if the shortfall in demand persists, inventories are run down, leading to an even sharper fall in output.
This continues a decline throughout the last century, which has seen attendance fall from 56% in 1905 down to the current level of 4%.
Still, she had become curious about the case, and one day that fall she drove down to the courthouse in Corsicana to review the trial records.
On a geographical basis, the BRC said that Wales saw the biggest fall in shopper numbers, down 11.5%, followed by the east of England, 7.1% lower.
The fall is largely down to a reduction in households where people are inactive and a rise in mixed households - those containing some people in work and some who are not.
The return of "Private Practice" (6.6 million, 1.9) was down 32 percent from last fall's Thursday premiere and down somewhat from Body of Proof in this slot last year taking "Private Practice" off its "Grey's Anatomy" life support on Thursdays firmly hurt it.
In reality, no one has ever been able to drop an anti-apple and watch it fall down (or up), and the antimatter produced in particle colliders is so energetic that it is hard to examine with the tools of precision physics.
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On the other hand, he notes that gross margins were down sequentially, and will fall again in Q3.
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So the recent fall in share prices (still down by 15% from their peak, despite this week's rally) has actually come as a bit of a relief.
To combat potential traffic jams, Verizon added language Thursday to its contract terms saying it may slow down connections for customers that fall in the top 5% of bandwidth use.
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