They look like low-lying, white or grey buttes, long, narrow hills with flat tops, barely a meter high.

它们看起来就像低洼的白色或灰色的孤山，又长又窄，山顶平坦，只有一米高的山。

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And since falling housing prices won't do much to stimulate either consumer spending or homebuilding, it looks like a good bet that this index is going to stay at low levels for a good long time.

而且，由于房价下跌无力刺激消费者支出及房屋建设，该指数看来很可能会在很长一段时间内保持低位。

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Even Libya and Iran do well in this long-term assessment despite very low or even negative growth because they saw very rapid advances in life expectancy and school enrollments.

甚至，增长率很低甚至是负增长的利比亚和伊朗在长期评估上都很不错。这是因为他们在预期寿命以及入学率方面有了长足进展。

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The first three parameters we look to are rising revenues over the most recent three-year period, rising earnings over the recent three-year period and a relatively low or controlled long-term debt to equity.

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Perhaps it has something to do with the changing nature of the economy and consequent shortage of low-skilled jobs, or the long crumbling of family structures and discipline.

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