Failure to properly address those challenges could precipitate further conflict or result in a sharp decline in social and economic progress.

Tourism, which has been the engine of our national economic growth for the past three decades, has suffered a sharp decline.

But there is a very curious pattern in the rest of the 20th century, because we see a sharp decline in this Islamic modernist line.

What if other factors say, a sharp decline in emerging market growth led to a sharp rise in global real interest rates, or a rise in risk premia on Japanese debt? In principle, Japan could weather such shocks without high inflation or other extreme measures, but it is folly to deny the country s vulnerability.

So what explains the sharp decline in China s economic output, in an environment of rapid credit expansion? The answer is simple the way the credit is being used.

Since the beginning of the 1990's, the level of fertility in Israel remained constant with an average of 2.9 births per woman, a sharp decline from the 3.9 average in the 1960's.

So there's a very sharp decline in liberal ideas in the Muslim world, and what you see is more of a defensive, rigid, reactionary strain, which led to Arab socialism, Arab nationalism and ultimately to the Islamist ideology.

The result has been a sharp fall in consumer confidence the German index of consumer sentiment was small but positive in November 2000 it has since fallen to 20, the sharpest decline in the euro area.

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Ethnic minority women are under represented in the labour market. Among Turkish and Moroccan mothers and refugees, in particular, there has been a sharp decline in both participation in the labour market and involvement in civic society.

But such a sharp decline in potential growth typically implies a powerful brake, in the form of an external shock or major internal adjustments. Under normal circumstances, an economy s potential growth rate adjusts naturally and gradually, as structural change progresses.

Never have we seen, in the past 50 years, such a sharp decline of ecosystem functions and services on the planet, one of them being the ability to regulate climate on the long term, in our forests, land and biodiversity.

If there is a sharp spike in interest rates caused either by capital flight in anticipation of a dollar decline or by tight monetary policy in reaction to a dollar decline comes to pass we will see how good the Federal Reserve really is. If interest rates rise too far, then the collapse in housing values will lead to large scale foreclosures and a collapse in consumption spending as well.

After a year of respite, the Palestinian economy resumed in 2004 the sharp decline begun in 2000, in the wake of tightened Israeli mobility restrictions on people and goods and a systematic internal and external closure policy imposed on the West Bank and Gaza.

Given this, it is likely that world population will peak at nine billion in the 2050 s, a half century sooner than generally anticipated, followed by a sharp decline. One could argue that this is a good thing, in view of the planet s limited carrying capacity.

Recalling Resolution No. 5 10 E (IS) which expresses the concern of the Member States over the sharp decline in the prices of raw materials, particularly those produced and exported by the least developed countries

Ms. Donna Sharp, Senior Partner, Sharp Global Partners Ltd., United States

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A dust storm similar to the Earth's dust is often formed in the Mars in the summer, which will lead to a sharp decline in solar energy. So a sleep mode must be designed for the Mars rover and let it wait patiently until the disappearance of dust storms.

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Sharp stones are under him he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.

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The soldier kept a sharp lookout in the darkness.

The impact of a sharp decline in real estate prices would be far reaching. After all, property collateral is the bedrock of the Chinese financial system, with estimates of banks direct and indirect exposure to real estate ranging from 66 to 89 of GDP.

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Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs like a sharp rasor, working deceitfully.

Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs like a sharp rasor, working deceitfully.

All of a sudden, we heard the sharp cry of a cat.

All of a sudden, I felt a sharp pain in my stomach.

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It's ten o'clock sharp.

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We need a sharp focus on conventional balance and arms control.

Oil and gas account for more than 60 of Russia s exports other primary commodities make up much of the rest. Given this, the recent sharp decline in world oil prices obviously represents a major shock large enough, when combined with the effect of increasingly strict Western sanctions to provoke a sizeable recession.

One group Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (BELL) experienced a surge in yields on their government bonds in 2009, followed by a sharp decline. Another group Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, and Spain (PIIGS) has had more mixed outcomes yields have soared on Greek and Portuguese bonds, while Ireland s were falling until recently.

However, its members are increasingly facing capital volatility, and there is a sharp decline in the use of Fund resources. Ironically, this is happening at a moment when the Fund should want to be lending it is awash in liquidity and has almost no sources of income other than repayment of its loans.

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The knife is not sharp.

This knife is very sharp.

Be careful. It's very sharp.

There was a big decline in coffee prices.