Where once it had recycled mountain rain into a vast aquifer underneath, its hard bottom now ushers occasional floodwater right out to sea.
There are economists who insist that companies must focus only on the cold, hard bottom line and that capitalism itself depends in part on this unwavering focus.
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Representatives of these institutions work hard to improve their bottom line by lowering costs.
Now he's sending the most hard-driving, bottom-line-oriented SOBs he can find.
As is true of most successful collaborations, it's hard to get to the bottom of who originated which ideas.
If you thought all your hard work contributed nothing to the bottom line?
Effect any of the hard Android navigation keys on the bottom and you'll notice a bit of lag before the OS kicks into action.
The bottom line is it hard for me to become overly negative with the Smallcaps and Midcaps romping to three straight all-time highs last week.
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The fellows at Foggy Bottom seem to have pushed too hard for a Palestinian state.
Shares of companies that do outsourced electronic manufacturing work crashed hard but have come off of the market bottom with gusto.
Bottom line, all of your hard work pays off when you sit down for the big (if not Beyonce flashy) pregnancy reveal.
The bottom line: I find it hard to understand why this public customer had to wait just a few months shy of two years before getting an award of damages.
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The least they can do is fight just as hard for the middle class and people at the bottom.
An antiquated financial system, poor infrastructure, an unskilled labor force, lack of hard data and a government bureaucracy that is ranked bottom by Transparency International are detrimental.
So, a big short-term reason why people like this idea is it gives the Bank license - indeed forces it - to do more, in an environment in which interest rates are already at rock bottom and central banks are finding it hard to persuade businesses that normal rates of growth are going to come back.
The bottom line is that if someone is working hard to get a college degree in the U.S., we should do everything possible to help him or her after they graduate.
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The bottom line is the solutions to these problems are hard, but there are solutions.
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He realises he's at the bottom of the ladder and has a lot of hard work ahead of him, but he deserves this chance.
It's hard to actually tell the truth when those numbers are at the bottom of that truth.
The auto sector was hit hard in the downturn, but as it comes off of its bottom, companies like DealerTrack, which deals with improving the efficiency of getting credit for car sales, will benefit, McPherson said.
Shares in Barrick Gold fell hard on Thursday after the company posted earnings that revealed a top and bottom-line miss, lower guidance on gold production and higher cash cost forecasts.
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The bottom line is that the next generation of computing is about solving hard engineering and architecture problems.
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Her skates are chunks of steel as long as 13 feet (the crew changes skate length according to ice conditions), with an almost imperceptible curve along the bottom and a razor-sharp edge so that the skate bites hard into the ice.
Private companies, especially in hard-bitten states like Texas, care mostly about their shareholders and about the bottom line.
With greater transparency and idea ownership, the employees at the bottom are empowered to get the kudos they deserve for creative ideas and hard work.
It draws out the solvents from the bottom-most layer of polish, leaving all the layers dry and hard, while conditioning cuticles with almond and jojoba oil.
Sales both at the top and bottom of the consumer market are rapidly growing while sales are being squeezed hard in the middle, though it is still the largest market segment in rich countries.
Americans are learning hard lessons about the value of their work in a race-to-the-bottom global economy.
And Poulton's "Hard Disk" is simple yet chic--a polished black rectangle complete with a bottom-lit LED that gives off an ambient blue glow.
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