• If you already own the game, however, the price-tag is a bit on the steep side.

    FORBES: Connect

  • From here, retrace your steps back down the steep side-streets to the hustle and bustle of downtown, also known as Jabal Amman.

    BBC: Secret Amman

  • During one stretch of the climb, he had to negotiate a narrow 300-yard ledge, with a steep wall on one side and a 2, 000-foot crevasse on the other.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • 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.

    FORBES: Found Atlantis

  • The steep track on the other side of the bridge looks even worse, cut by even deeper gullies.

    BBC: Diary of an aid worker

  • The stem, or base, is entered up a steep set of stairs by the side of the house and through a bright orange front door.

    WSJ: Building Outside the Box

  • Steep slopes rise and fall on either side as the narrow road zigzags through progressively spectacular landscape with the snow-capped Himalayas in the distance.

    BBC: Apple harvest in the Himalayan foothills

  • On the flip side, Italy and the Netherlands saw a steep 0.7% contraction each during the last three months of 2011.

    FORBES: Ironically, EU GDP Better Than Expected Despite 0.3% Contraction

  • The jeeps travel on rudimentary dirt tracks (built to access Tahiti's network of hydroelectric stations) and skirt sheer drops overlooking vast river valleys while going up hills so steep you feel like gravity is no longer on your side.

    BBC: Five ways to experience Tahiti's waterfall valleys

  • On the plus side, a sale could help Morgan Stanley offset potentially steep losses it stands to take in its aircraft leasing program.

    FORBES: Morgan Stanley Meltdown

  • 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.

    WSJ: Guides Recall Escape From Philippine Volcano

  • 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.

    WSJ: Guides Recall Escape From Philippine Volcano

  • On the bright side, however, the commercial-property downturn isn't expected to be nearly as steep as the current slump in the housing market, where recent data showed foreclosures rising to the highest level on record in the fourth quarter of 2007.

    WSJ: Malls, Offices May Slump Less Steeply Than Homes

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