Over the last twelve months, there has been some volatility with consumer confidence, spiking after holiday sales and then decreasing again this past spring.

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The power then oscillates, decreasing slightly before increasing in steps that last between 10 and 100 trillionths of a second.

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If enough people are vaccinated, then an ever-decreasing number of mosquitoes will carry the parasite on to new victims.

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Then there is the case of the decreasing physical gold and silver in the primary exchanges.

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The Federal Reserve then greatly exacerbated the great depression by decreasing the money supply.

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One obvious caveat to these stats is that if sales are decreasing for one of these industries, then even an increase in advertising as a percent of sales would still result in the same total advertising budget dollars.

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All the women were then followed for another six years and the advantage continued, decreasing from 50 to 40 percent.

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So while the HPV vaccine by itself is probably far too expensive to justify, if it's coupled with a larger agenda, laying the groundwork for decreasing maternal mortality and improving child health by reaching these girls before they become mothers, then perhaps we have a real breakthrough.

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