Somewhere along the way, its social market model lost steam and became counterproductive to economic growth.
That campaign angered many U.S. allies, and has lost steam in recent months.
The contraction of the European manufacturing sector is sparking widespread worries that European economies have lost steam and it will put tough pressure on small and independent manufacturers.
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After bottoming out at the beginning of 2009, orders for U.S.-made durable goods had been rising smartly until they lost steam again over the last couple of months.
They showed that the recovery from the slowdown in 2001 and 2002 had initially been stronger than thought, but lost steam last year to a greater extent (see chart).
However, another insider cautioned that with some of the recent executive turnover in the industry, momentum towards forming an outright rival lobby may have lost steam since the meetings last week.
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The unreformed economy has lost steam, the Nikkei stock index is at a 26-month low and the yen has been relegated to a role as cheap, borrowed currency for making risky bets elsewhere around the globe.
Bremer and the IGC also had hoped to persuade Annan to bring U.N. personnel back into Iraq -- a move that may have lost steam Sunday when a suicide bomber detonated a half-tonne of explosives at a main gate of the heavily fortified Green Zone around the coalition headquarters in Baghdad.
In 2012, core and broad retail sales grew 8.4% and 8.0%, respectively, from 6.7% and 6.6% in 2011, but the relevant piece of information is that on a quarterly basis, retail sales lost steam across all groups, with the core index moving down to 0.9% in the three month period, from 2.2% in the third quarter of 2012.
Financials (XLF) have lost some steam recently but found good support along the 21-day moving average, showing some commitment.
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The rally lost some steam on Friday, but a more convincing lower close is needed to signal that a correction is underway.
Wall Street lost its steam after the Fed came out of its two-day meeting, saying that the economy is looking better, even if it's still in rough shape.
And with many large investment houses, most notably U.K. firms Barclays Capital and even smaller Standard Life Investments recently saying that the emerging markets have lost some steam despite high inflows to start the year, Indian equities could be in for a pull back, not an upswing.
Outgunned by rivals such as Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys seems to have lost some of its steam and sheen of late.
But for all practical purposes, the steam is just released and lost forever.
When a boy lost an arm in the cog-wheels of a steam winch owned by Lord Wimborne, the courts ruled in a landmark judgment in 1898 that the factory boss had breached an absolute duty imposed on him by statute.
Our brains have kept us employed for all these years, long after we lost the ability to sell our muscle power to each other due to the advancement in steam, electricity, and gas motors.
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