It seems to mean a second period of economic decline following the 2007-2009 nosedive.
Also, Microsoft is between releases of Windows which can mean a fallow period for its revenues.
Others believe that by trying to focus on the services which matter most to voters and by being prepared to think outside the box, it might be possible to maintain good services even if this could mean a difficult period of change for some staff.
So what we will choose to do is manage that after that period, which would mean the autumn time would be the logical period to do this.
Wharton School Professor Jeremy Siegel has discovered that reinvesting all your cash dividends in more shares of the same stock (not so easy to do by the way) can mean over a long period of time a contribution of significant return.
For those who were around back then, you know that decertification for that period did not mean there was no football being played.
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After the World War II period--I mean, we saw a consolidation of school systems that led to bigger--for the right reasons in many ways.
Terry's expected period on the sidelines would mean he would only just be returning to action a week before the encounter with Switzerland - England's first match under Capello.
Wild swings in stock prices can make for big losses if not protected by stops or options strategies, but it can also mean big gains in a relatively short period of time.
These scores are then indexed against the mean score for all new ads during the period (Likeability Index). 100 equals average.
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Most Japanese who lived through the years immediately after the surrender would probably also concede that the Americans acted responsibly, but that does not mean that the locals look back on this period with any sense of nostalgia.
There is a reversion to the mean return, but it requires a long enough investment period to revert.
The numbers mean that Toyota's earnings for the April to December period nearly quadrupled from a year earlier.
Mr. O'CONNOR: The ICP technology involves drilling holes--vertical holes into the ground and inserting long electric heaters, which then gradually heat the rock over a long period of time, and over a long period of time--by that, I mean two or three or more years.
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Seeing films used to mean you had to go to the theater to see them, period.
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Mr Netanyahu intends to submit his own bill to the cabinet providing for a phased enlistment of haredim, which would mean more of them joining up or doing civilian service over a period of years.
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Over past crises, the duration of the period of rising unemployment averaged nearly five years, with a mean increase in the unemployment rate of seven percentage points, which would bring the U.S. to double digits.
That is not without consequence, as it will mean slower growth in the short term (less than one year), but cutting deficits year after year, even gradually, will mean a very slow-growth, muddle through economy for a sustained period.
You take the work the National Health Service has done over this winter period, you know it's been absolutely amazing, I mean they are amazing people and they deserve our support and thanks and they deserve recognition by the community.
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Although this announcement means a further period of uncertainty for many women, the speed of the review should mean that they will have clearer answers about the safety of the implants within a matter of a week or so.
Mean sea level: average height of the sea surface over a 19-year period.
Cynics might note that this would mean the temperature changing more dramatically in the next 100 years than it has done in any such period over the past 20, 000 years, though the scientists say that is precisely the point.
There is also no way a whole decade in the LIA period was more than 1 deg C on a global basis cooler than the 1961-90 mean.
The mean relative FEV1 across the combination dose groups returned toward baseline during the post-treatment 28-day washout period.
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The longer the holding period however, the higher the likelihood that any individual investment will have reverted back to the mean.
The study exposed 40 healthy participants with a mean age of 27 to two minutes of slow split-belt walking, then to a 15-minute period in which one belt went much faster than the other so that participants began to drag one foot, simulating a limp.
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