The dour outlooks come on the same day that the National Association of Realtors said home sales reached a 15-year low in June , dousing hopes that the industry had reached a bottoming point.

同日，严峻的形势还表现为全国房地产经纪人协会说六月份房产销售达到15年来的最低点，使人们认为房地产已经地质谷底的希望破灭。

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Fewer people are flying into and out of America than at this point last year, according to the International Air Transport Association.

据国际航空运输协会(International Air Transport Association)透露，与去年同期相比，飞入和飞离美国的人数有所减少。

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'Sleepingon your front - lateral sleeping - is the worst possible position you can sleep in from a musculoskeletal point of view,' says Rishi Loatey of the British Chiropractic Association.

英国脊椎治疗协会的里希·劳特指出，从肌肉骨骼学的角度来看趴睡可能是一种最糟糕的睡姿了。

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The association for college admission counseling recently found a thirty-point increase with Kaplan and other programs.

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Malcolm Pirk, chairman of the Knipe Point Owners Association, said the concern about the landslips had been ongoing for five years.

BBC: Landslip at Knipe Point, Scarborough 'threatens' homes

After the report Malcolm Pirks, chairman of the Knipe Point Owners Association, said he was now convinced the landslips were a man-made problem.

BBC: Properties at Knipe Point, Scarborough

The report was commissioned by the Knipe Point Residents Association.

BBC: Properties at Knipe Point, Scarborough