Urban areas generate the largest improvement numbers thanks to two key economic factors: high income and steep home prices, both of which tend to be more common in cities.
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The technical challenges, high capital costs and steep regulatory hurdles make it very hard to build and certify a new airplane.
Cooks merged last year with MyTravel, and cut 2, 800 jobs as part of huge cost-saving plans to offset high fuel costs and steep competition.
And there are mounds of gravel, and holes in the sides of the basin where gravel has been taken out, and high up in the steep sides there are little holes that are the little front doors of the little sand-martins' little houses.
High inflation mostly reflects the steep climb in commodity prices, particularly oil and food.
Another Thai survivor stuck on the "critical side" of the volcano awaits rescue, he said, because the steep slope and high elevation prevents a helicopter landing.
Another Thai survivor stuck on the "critical side" of the volcano was awaiting rescue, he said, because the steep slope and high elevation prevents a helicopter landing.
At several points, the rocks were too high or the climb too steep, and fragile bamboo ladders or ropes had been placed to make the ascent a little easier.
"Our main version is a spontaneous move by the stabiliser into an extreme position that caused the plane to make a steep climb at high speed, " Mr Chernov told Russian NTV television.
Beyond, the city rose in layers of steep hillsides jammed with high-rise apartment blocks, the remnants of a Portuguese fort, and lush groves of Chinese banyan trees.
The subprime mortgage mess and ensuing financial markets collapse led to economic growth rate plummeting and high unemployment levels that led to a steep decline in disposable income levels.
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That these new pricing methods bring high-end devices to prepaid without the steep upfront costs.
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Steep costs, as well as high barriers to entering this business, will restrict competition to a small contest among the titans of the industry.
But in such a sparsely populated area the access costs for high-speed data services are still too steep for most small businesses, to say nothing of individuals.
For one, Amazon may or may not have the scale of supply chain to obtain components cheaply enough to offer a high-end tablet at even a reasonably steep loss, at least not at a loss they would be willing to stomach.
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High rates of tectonic uplift, weak rocks, steep slopes, frequent earthquakes and extreme rainfall, all translate into a place Petley calls the "landslide capital of the world".
The Army had been coordinating efforts to build up the vulnerable and narrow path from Naray to Kamdesh, but rain, steep cliffs, insurgent threats, and high turnover rates among local construction workers had led to frequent delays.
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Minc said he wants to stop construction of homes in high-risk areas, such as river banks or steep mountain slopes -- a practice that he said was encouraged by previous governments.
Jones also pointed to lower grades from new projects coming online, a steep decrease in drilling in 2012 after a high in 2011 and there has been a decline in new gold discoveries in the last decade.
Numerous trails climb the 1, 000m-high plateau but the most popular is Platteklip Gorge, a steep, 3km walk that begins near the lower cable-car station.
The most elaborate, called the Leap of Faith, is a steep drop down the side of the 60-foot high Mayan Temple, and then a fast slide through a clear acrylic tunnel running through a lagoon filled with sharks.
Ten storeys high, these wind-swept piles rise from the sea and abut steep, rocky cliffs.
The report cites high taxes and the difficulty of getting electricity and enforcing contracts as particularly steep hurdles.
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As the wide sweep of the Neretva river runs down from the high ground, it enters the city of Mostar where it narrows between steep-sided river banks.
Some other studies that focused on national data have highlighted steep declines in life expectancy for white women who never earned a high-school diploma.
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And so the answer to your question is of course it is not acceptable -- 8.8 percent, while it is the most dramatic and steep decline in the unemployment rate since 1984, it is certainly still too high.
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