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She was always unhappy , or in one of her slumps- perhaps ' cause she spent so much time down in the dumps .

In minor slumps with a maximum thickness of a couple of tens of centimetres, pinch-outs occur over a distance of only a couple of meters.

When you don't do this, and your bra is left too high on your back, the front of your bra slumps, and the straps fall off.

In the tradition of editors everywhere, he glances at the copy, sighs and slumps down in his chair.

At dinner in a great country house, one of the guests drinks too much wine, and slumps across the table.

The back of her hair and her veil are lifted, and then she slumps down in the car.

The report said the buying began Thursday and aims to 'shore up their share prices amid stock market slumps. '

This means that Mr Brown will have no more than a month to establish himself before politics slumps into its summer torpor.

We've had wars, booms, good times, hard times, slumps, periods of prosperity--but, I tell you, gentlemen!

The biggest slumps in demand were in Spain and Ireland, where growth had been consumer-led.

A strong cycle of alternating booms and slumps has affected all types of development.

Even if that moment is at hand, two other slumps are likely to poison the economy for much longer.

China next year's economic growth likely is at the slowest pace in nearly 20 years as exports slumps on US and Europe's economic recession.

Meanwhile, many macroeconomists completely rejected Keynes's framework for understanding economic slumps.

A main focus was how to avoid, or at least mitigate, the recurring slumps in economic activity.

No one answers. Faint with cold and hunger, he slumps to the mat and realises that he must leave a message.

The next-longest postwar slumps were those of the early 1970s and early 1980s, which both lasted 16 months.

As the market slumps, homeowners are taking action to stop the build-up of boards.

Immediately their physiology changes-their posture slumps, their voice quiets and their face tightens. You can immediately see it.

If you had followed the crowd -- buying in booms, selling in slumps -- you'd have less than $2, 000. So don't listen to the crowd.

Unexpected slumps or fluctuations in sales can kill a business if it is not prepared for them.

If banks can continue to loan money indefinitely-it was claimed-there need never be any slumps in business.

Besides the export slowdown, slumps in stocks and property are undermining consumer confidence and growth.

Large percentage increases in unemployment are associated with housing-buying slumps.

In one corner, ex-KGB tycoons are finding that slumps are a greater test of business ability than booms.

He slumps to the ground a second time and stays down for more than a minute.

The left-hand chart shows The Economist's ranking of slumps in developed and emerging economies over the past century.

Now wearing an orange jumpsuit, Lincoln slumps behind the glass in the prison visitation area.

The drop in jet fuel prices will be especially welcome by Chinese airlines, which are suffering heavy losses as demand slumps.

Then, with the financial crisis of 2008, the flood dried up, causing severe slumps in the very nations that had boomed before.

The past six months have seen several slumps, each with a different trajectory.

Germany and Italy can expect a similar impact on their labor markets from looming industrial slumps.

That is now just what the world and the Davos regulars are contemplating as industrial production and trade slumps across the world.

This will both deepen their slumps and increase the real burden of their debts, more or less ensuring that all rescue efforts will fail.

We all feel a little low now and then, but it's important to bounce back from these slumps.

As for his shooting, all shooters have slumps, even Kobe Bryant.

When the economy slumps, companies typically find themselves with large stocks of unsold goods.

Yingluck's plans to raise Thailand's minimum wage as the local stock market slumps amid a global downturn.

Adopting some medium-term constraints can even allow more freedom of action in slumps.

They take the position that fiscal "stimulus" of all kinds is effective against slumps of all causes.

A country in disarray, engulfed by social and political crises as its economy slumps.

Those bonds would do best if the developed world slumps into recession after all.

Rates dropped sharply during the two world wars and because of economic slumps, before rising again at the century's end.

The housing market and construction industry are in deep slumps .

When demand slumps, all types of manufacturing jobs are lost.

Mr Wen needs to move soon to prevent inflation from taking off but not so hastily that the economy slumps again.

Imports of copper, oil and other commodities have set records as demand slumps elsewhere.

Government also responds more quickly to slumps.

The Chinese economy's rebound in 2009 helped to pull other Asian countries out of deep slumps.

Yet the city of excess has been through slumps before, and bounced back.

However, she soon wears herself out and slumps against her gigantic mother Simka for a short nap.

According to Chen Xi, a senior consultant at Zhaopin. com, companies discard staff who cannot generate profit in economic slumps.

The dollar slumps on the foreign exchange market.

If, say, EMI's market share slumps , is it because a competitor is cutting prices or because the new album from its biggest star is no good?

But even its ability to tackle slumps is constrained.

M. sales are in line with those drops and other market slops slumps in South East Southeast Asiaalthough GM .

M. sales are in line with those drops and other market slumps in Southeast Asia.

If very many individuals reduce their spending, in order to pay down their debt, the economy slumps.

The moves followed Monday slumps.

Career slumps don't happen overnight.

is the cycle of economic booms and slumps.

Suppose the economy slumps, for whatever reason: spending falls and so do prices and wages.

While the West stalls (and Japan slumps), China's current growth rate is just under 8 percent.

Finding a job, though, will be easier said than done as the economy slumps.

Ending modern slumps is much more difficult because the economy needs to find something to replace the burst bubble.

The economy appears set for a gloomy 2009 in Japan, as firms cut their outlooks and industrial output slumps.

however , if china ' s economy ever slumps , urban consumers could use their organizational skills to confront the government directly

Storage areas and docksides are now packed with vast expanses of unsold cars as demand slumps

Not all slumps are associated with deflation

A new yardstick for measuring slumps is long overdue

Global demand for steel slumps

Ross: Oh. You don't get it! (Passes out and slumps across her)