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This can be particularly effective in shops that are primarily Linux and Unix based, though Puppet's learning curve may be a bit steep.

How much did fiscal tightening contribute to Japan's steep recession of 1998?

Even with its creative features, it's starting from the bottom of a steep hill, at the top of which sit the more established recipe sites.

As they drove up the steep hill, a noisy motorcycle tail-gated them, trying to pa even though the road was windy and narrow.

In fact, in a tense and funny negotiation scene, he only agrees to help Harry out in exchange for a steep price.

Guys the curve is now going up in a steep fashion which means that everything is heating up.

As cars passed him on the right, Gonzales shifted to a lower gear to make it up the steep grade ahead.

One beautiful spring evening, a hungry wolf goes out to look for his dinner. He sees a little goat. The goat stands up on a steep cliff.

At the end of the day, the party was involved in a "fall on a steep slope as a result of a slip and tangling of ropes" .

33When the demons came out of the man, they went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.

The trail is steep enough to get the blood flowing and yet moderate enough for one to enjoy the surrounding scenery.

Analysts say the steep drop shows how much of this year's rise has been fuelled by bank loans channelled into speculative activity.

Discontent had been simmering since the beginning of the year, after a steep increase in energy prices.

Steep declines in most of the second half of 2008 mean that the American index is still more than 20% lower than a year earlier.

With the steep downtrend and the U. S. harvest just getting underway, buyers seem to be taking a wait and see attitude.

Many traders and others say the SEC's decision was one factor behind some shares' steep declines over the past two years.

In a time of steep poverty, he was something of a hero to the rural poor, who identified with him in his battles against authority.

I'll take a little milk, but no suger, please. Make sure you let the tea steep a few minutes before you take the tea bag out of the cup.

after the breeze, it shows more lofty and steep spirit as if it tells the people about the history of the thousand temples.

There was a bright little brookthat ran into a bog at the foot of a very steep bank.

It is strange that Sony nearly bet the company on this at a time when physical delivery of content is in steep decline.

Mole carried the diamond back up the steep bank. It was hard work. The diamond had become wet and slippery and was very difficult to hold.

The slope on either side was extremely steep and forbidding, and yet I thought that I could work my way down on either side.

We were euphoric. Although the path to the top looked fairly steep, it was great at last to see our goal.

If I had learned to work under different conversations I might have turned the conversation aside as a steep roof sheds the rain.

When we came to the foot of the steep route, my honey asked me to give him the baby, because he did not want to let me feel too tired.

Inflation should also feed market volatility and a relatively steep yield curve, he said.

Protecting those patents, however, has not been without difficulty and the company went through a steep learning curve.

Some of the caves were open to the surface through steep entryways or vertical shafts stretching up to 160 feet.

As she raced down the steep incline, she saw the five-year-old, now in the front seat, clearly trying to stop the car.

Traders said there was more scope for Wynn Macau shares to fall due to its steep valuations.

He came to a point where there was no more road to follow, and before him he could see nothing but a thick, steep forest.

PP: And steep canyon walls, and hes just paddling with his hands as fast as he can paddle and trying to do the very best job that he can.

Given such a steep build-up in reserves, it is not surprising that China's current account has also been recording large surpluses.

It may not be pretty, but apparently Wall Street has decided that the price won't be too steep. Or else, it would have put up the money.

After making their way through the trees, they climbed to the top of the steep roadbed, knelt down along the railroad and began to play.

It was a very poor quarter, a labyrinth of squalid bamboo huts, thatched with palm leaf, winding all over a steep hillside.

Indeed, I predict that as this sort of hybrid coordination evolves, it will produce a steep power law in the way we use voice calls.

So the poor old Lion floundered about and floundered about, and as he could 't get up the steep sides of the well, he was drowned dead.

It hasn't been a great investment over the long term, and after its steep gains in the past few years, it looks expensive.

"The fact that it has remained fairly steep suggests that there is a bit of (debt) supply concern out there, " Cloherty said.

ZumoDrive's original prices during the private beta were a bit on the steep side, but the company has now reduced its prices.

In such a case, the company's response may not be sufficiently quick or thoughtful, and the learning curve has been steep.

With its big order book, Yangzijiang will be under pressure to handle a steep ramp-up in deliveries.

Even his critics had to admit that he had paid a steep price, losing the prime years of his athletic career.

Experts say many are unlikely ever to be allowed to go back and Tepco is expected to face steep compensation bills for years.

Some analysts said the steep fall in Baidu's share price is likely to be short-term.

Steep increases in gas and food prices certainly arent helping the matter any.

J: well, I hate being controlled by others, and I don't want to start at the bottom of a steep corporate ladder.

Variations in transpiration rate present a narrow peak with steep rise and fall usually, but a wide peak for a few.

From there, it was a steep climb up a rural asphalt road that headed west and was well marked with signs pointing to Point Alpha.

"The current quality improvement curve is still pretty steep, " he said.

And the Democrats will pay a steep price if they are seen to be trying to sabotage America's hopes of success in Iraq.

So when prices went into steep declines elsewhere, people here did not worry.

There is no question of our climbing up the steep peak.

Just when we thought we were in to the easy bit of the drive we hit the narrow, steep, pot hole filled roads of Albania.

So far, the trading boom fuelled by a steep yield curve has more than made up for the hit.

For all his mistakes, Mr Aso is only a symptom of the party's steep decline.

He reckons that although prices have dropped within the naturist community, the fall is not as steep as in the general market.

The beginning, the Great Wall does not steep ladder, I climbed to a fifth smooth beacon.

The steep decline in product prices was the biggest factor behind the operating loss, the company said.

Pero walks me to his boutique guesthouse on a steep, tourist-free back lane in Europe's finest fortified port city.

For one thing, Tim was at the top of the hill, which meant Ronnie would have to hike up the steep grade again.

The team found that parts of the seamount's steep flanks were made of porous volcanic material, leaving them weak and unstable.

The truck was grinding up the steep, dark road while I looked up to the stars in the clear alpine air.

Domestic deposits were down in four of the first six months of the year, including a particularly steep drop in June.

The steep June decline stemmed in large part from deep cuts to bonuses as manufacturers in particular continued to suffer from weak demand.

And the demons came out from the man and entered into the hogs, and the herd rushed down the steep slope into the lake and was drowned.

What was even more frightening was the sound of huge boulders which began rolling down the steep mountain.

The forward curve for Nymex crude prices currently slopes upward - known as a 'contango' - and is extraordinarily steep.

Venus has no water, no plate tectonics, no deep sea floor , no steep mountains, no continents, probably few earthquakes or volcanoes.

But imagine that she should step up and down the two floors of steep stairs everyday.

The ship is like a city at sea, but a city with low ceilings, narrow halls and steep staircases.

Sure enough, by six we were struggling and Andrew very nearly went down a steep cliff, dragging Mohammed and me along with him.

It was a steep climb, so we rested for a while halfway up the hill.

As he saw the corner of the steep boulder flash past, he seized hold of it.

Members of both groups of holders have argued that the discounts were too steep and that the company mishandled the offer.

Competition can be stiff and startup costs steep, but that's not to say such obstacles are insurmountable or unavoidable.

Nor had they reached agreement on how steep the write-offs would be that holders of Greek debt might be required to take.

Yet those failures can largely be chalked up to a steep technology learning curve, industry watchers say.

For years, food companies did not worry too much about being caught out by unexpectedly steep price rises.

When love bekens to you follow him, though his way are hard and steep.

Oman has been especially ambitious with its heavy-oil projects as it looks to offset a steep decline in its light-oil production.

A natural elevation of the earth's surface having considerable mass, generally steep sides, and a height greater than that of a hill.

Kim Jong Il leaves his country with an entrenched and repressive economic system whose collapse would bring a steep price to its neighbors.

If the observations used in the analysis extend back in time for several years, the resulting regression line may be too steep.

A very steep hill. O ne that strains the stomach of anyone trying to climb it.

The cloud cliff plank road by artificially opens cutting above the steep cliff, about constructs the company, wonderful danger incomparable.

As the roads were rather steep, staff recommended using substitute but SH did not agree.

It is a trench if it has steep sides and a through if it has gently sloping sides.

At other monasteries, up and down the remote hillsides and the steep valleys, Mr Smith made a present of portable hard drives.

The landslide tore huge boulders from the steep sides of the valley around the town. Buildings were buried by the mud, sludge and rubble.

Still, stocks have been long overdue for at least a correction after a fast and steep rally that rarely paused for breath.

Even if you cry it is no use, you refuse Even the garbage is not such a steep bank feces.

The contemporary mountain home is built on a steep slope, and is cantilevered over a ravine, allowing for views of the surrounding forest.

Do not build near steep slopes, close to mountain edges, near drainage ways, or natural erosion valleys.

One three? lane section of road near my parents' home winds up a steep mountainside before turning into a two? lane.

The firelight danced over her face, over the steep lines of her cheekbones.

Investors in gold may feel as if they scaled a steep mountain in 2008, only to proceed to slide right back down the other side.

A man is driving up a steep, narrow mountain road. A woman is driving the opposite way, down the same road.

The locals boast that the work that has gone into maintaining this steep terracing is comparable to the building of the Great Wall of China.

The result would be a steep drop in investment in an economy largely dependent on capital spending to power its continued growth.

Mr. Nie has also been praised for having averted disaster, parachuting out of a plane that lost control and entered a steep dive.

And as she watched it tumble down the steep slope toward the sea of grass, she realized she must follow.

It's a great feeling, but has been a long process with a steep learning curve.

Chinese stock index continued to rise during recent three years, especially in 2007, the SSE Composite Index experience the steep trend.

That would be a breathtakingly steep multiple, even by the giddy standards of the start-up world.

French banks are hardly alone in Europe in having suffered steep share price falls since the start of this year.

The rocky formation is known as a mesa, a large rocky outcrop with a flat top and steep, cliff-like sides.

Steep declines in affordability have also taken place in Ireland, Spain and Australia.

Every step of the way feels a bit like climbing a really steep set of stairs, which becomes steeper the higher it goes.

And that steep downward trend for the manufacture has forced it to pull out of the glitzy world of Formula One racing.

But the most agonizing song is the song of the coolies who bring the great bales from the junk up the steep steps to the town wall.

His breath, she said, "indicated an arduous journey, some steep path, altitude. "

The effects of such a steep decline would be devastating.

We do understand how to move earth when the need arises, whether it's to add interest to a flat site or to soften a steep one.

This pattern is likely to be echoed in Europe and Japan, with recession somewhat less steep and recovery somewhat less strong.

However, given the steep declines forecast for many developed economies, China will remain one of the main contributors to global growth.

Wuyi DaGongPao is the most prestigious tea tree, known as the "king" of tea in Kowloon, growth within the life of a steep rock.

I even left my torch in my other camera bag, so I had to climb down a steep rocky cliff in the dark to get this picture.

He jumped on to an empty truck and drove down a steep railway track to the bottom of the mine.

"If you're running on a more compliant surface and a less steep grade, that will help lessen the impact, " she says.

On the right, across a steep ravine, could be seen a little village and a manor-house with the roofs broken down.

Thanks to the "multi hit" process (which is a peculiarity of the Thermal Yag) it is possible to obtain cells with steep walls.

All of them were named Wei, and a dozen members of this extended clan left before dawn, hiking up the steep mountain behind the village.

There is but one bunker here, but that is all the player sees, thanks to its steep reverted face.

Investors continued to sell stocks on most world exchanges after Monday's steep losses.

That trickle flowing, especially when drought limits spray after another, along the steep mountain and the next pouring.

Live secluded Ling, is expected to continue to the steep cliff, and follow not the rugged mountain ravine over a never-ending aspect.

Thus, the disc begins its existence with a steep metallicity gradient, like the one in the distant galaxy in Leo.

What d'ye lack? ' she cried, as he came panting up the steep, and bent down before her.

Especially if you come from the bottom of the heap to try to climb that steep hill.

A man is driving up a steep, narrow mountain road. A woman is driving down the same road.

No park in the UK charges an entry fee, while China's parks regularly charge fees steep enough to keep the poor out.

What only was even more frightening was the sound of huge significant river rocks which led off rolling down the steep mountain.

The steps of the Great Wall too steep it, a much as three 40 cm high!

Not surprisingly, the response has been a steep drop in food production and widening food scarcity.

As he approached the steep grade outside Fillmore, he was struck by the charred fields and trees stretching for miles.

At the same time, life and like a steep mountain, only the confidence to climb up to infinite scene at all travelers.

The sublevel caving mining of steep coal seam as an economic, safe, efficient mining method are widely used in steep thick coal seam mining.

And the aforementioned serial, parallel resonant circuit of a narrow pass band and steep attenuation characteristics is not enough.

The Natives used to dig up the roots, chop them smoothly and then steep them into water for about half an hour.

These were followed by the establishment of an "international" caliphate rule and eventually by a steep decline in Arab-Islamic power.

The main reason was the steep decline in imports, particularly oil and oil products and industrial supplies and materials.

Closer up, from a twin-engine aircraft, those wrinkles become thousands of conifers marching over the steep and broken ground.

A steep swoon in housing construction is starting to put large numbers of laborers out of work but fewer skilled employees.

The steep rock seems to be growing at an angle.

Sense of nausea and vomiting are steep a cup of hot salt water, and then add some vinegar to drink can after antiemetic.

This porcupine carcass stuffed with a steep-inducing plat is ideal for putting a large carnivore out of action.

That would be a steep price to pay even for something economically indispensable.

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Up a steep winding path leading into the mountains, the search party Began their climB , undaunted By the hazards that darkness might Bring.

Some stages of the race are flat, while others take riders up the steep mountain roads of France. These stages often determine the champion.

For now, private-equity and hedge-fund executives, whose money-management empires can afford the steep rent, occupy much of the building.

Talks have come to a standstill just days before broad tax increases and steep spending cuts are schedule to take effect.

Slowly they have transformed the crumbling temple into a complex of pagodas that appears to cling to the steep mountainside.

The price of re-entry was as steep as the wait was long. China had to relax over 7, 000 tariffs, quotas and other trade barriers.

Smartphone bills can be steep for regular users -- and most people want the company to kick in if they're using the phone for work too.

The US is still a formidable military superpower but its international influence is in steep decline.

Asian stocks recouped some of their steep losses of the past two days after market confidence received a shot in the arm from the U.

The gang took the brakes off and let them go over the side of a steep hill .

The cat followed me down the steep stairs , and, nearly throwing me headlong, exasperated me to madness .

But the fleeting ego gratification Harper derived from his conquests came at a steep price.

That will be the lowest level since the fourth quarter of 2008 and a very steep slowdown.

These steep rises have been fuelled to a great extent by the dramatic growth in demand from China.

Spring warmth draws crowds to New England's Tuckerman Ravine, including thrill seekers who attempt to ski a steep headwall.

Toilets and water in Canaan, notes Tima, are a steep climb down to the bottom of the hill.

It has a steep learning curve. I'm getting rusty at it.

The city is situated on a steep cliff and surrounded by an old wall. Population, 173, 501.

After five hours, we at last pull up to our inn, along the steep, narrow main drag of Angangueo at dusk.

The long, steep path to the village has been bulldozed into a road and there is electricity, mobile phone and TV coverage.

He trotted nervously along the steep bank for a while .

In the deepest drilling areas, steep downward funnels have formed in the water table that are known as "cones of depression. "

Two stalwarts are still standing between the world's slumping economies and a steep drop in oil prices: China and Saudi Arabia.

New polling last month showed a steep decline in the numbers of Americans who share Gore's sense of urgency in acting on climate change.

Zhang Liqun, a government economist, said strong exports and stable growth in consumption should alleviate those fears of a steep slowdown.

After wolves moved in, cougars that had begun hunting the valleys retreated to the steep, rocky terrain they normally inhabit.

A burly old man led his own flock up a steep mountain promising them the secret of life and its miracles.

Think about it, if you try to run up a steep hill it's nice to have a little momentum.

This spectacular stretch of river impresses visitors with its steep cliffs that form narrow, twisting canyons.

After entering the narrow gap on the plateau, they climbed down the steep sides of the cave until they came to a narrow corridor.

He liked to position structures over waterfalls, on steep slopes, at the bottom of arroyos.

Not a very steep hill, along the stone steps and on neither relaxed, panting still will not come down.

The steep mountains looming over the breeding center were collapsing in landslides as strong aftershocks rippled through the valley.

Wuzhou City is a typical mountain town in Guangxi autonomous region, a steep mountain slope, more housing is built close to the mountains.

To meet that, producers will first have to make up for steep declines in existing fields.

Simple method and establishment way were introduced in detail of high steep slope computation model of a hydroelectric power station.

Eurozone states, at the behest of Germany and the IMF, demanded steep spending cuts from Greece as the price of its bailout.

The learning curve has not been nearly steep enough, but governments are getting better at buying and using computers and software.

As I ran, I heard some small stones falling from the side of a steep hill.

Mr. Knecht said that 315 million years ago, this place was near the side of a steep hill where sediment piled up quickly.

higher up a jagged tangle of bare rock thrust steep and sudden into the sky.

The line is amazing, a steep line out the overhanging side of a massive bloc in a green valley.

Six million dollars for that house is a bit steep .

As you climb up steep mountains, sometimes you scar your knee; sometimes you break your skin.

Thanks to several decades of under-investment and a steep increase in heavy-goods traffic, California'sroads are a mess.

The long-term picture, though, remains unchanged: ETA is in steep decline.

As the market competition becomes more and more steep, the exploitation of ICT service oriented to customers appears to be very important.

In combination with a narrow ledge and a fall off a steep cliff, this can prove deadly.

An iridescent, silvery marine fish(Selene vomer ) of Atlantic waters, having a compressed body and a steep frontal profile.

She wants you to feed her cats for four weeks that's a bit steep !

Legislators attacked the increase yesterday, saying it was too steep at a time when wages and other charges were being cut or frozen .

I was a bit worried the bus would turn over or fall in the mud while it climbed the steep slope way, but finally we got it.

It will raise fears that many other banks might be nursing steep losses following the collapse of Lehman Brothers.

And then polish the surface and steep paint and polish steep paint again.

frightening was the sound of huge boulders which began rolling down the steep mountain.

The path led to a tiny village perched on the steep sides of a mountain.

The consequences are visible in slow consumer spending, weakening corporate profits, and a steep drop in global trade.

The cost of playing princess, as might be expected, is steep.

An extremely fast-moving part of a river, caused by a steep descent in the riverbed. Often used in the plural.

The best that can be expected, however, is a dead-cat bounce that recovers only a fraction of the steep loss.

Small landslides constantly add to the steep rubble slopes along the lake's shore, and large boulders periodically drop into the lake.

As you can gather, the initial part of the climb seems steep, but safe.

While most serial killers plan their offenses more thoroughly than other criminals, the learning curve is still very steep.

Although he was not tall, he had a sturdy build, and his large hands and feet helped him climb steep paths.

That is now routinely cited as a cautionary tale against premature fiscal tightening since it was followed by a steep recession.

Recent data make clear the economy has pulled out of its steep dive and may even expand again soon.

The power station was badly damaged when large rocks rolled down the steep mountain site knocking holes in the building walls.

As the slope soil affected by water content and tectonic structure plane, the slope is unsuitable to be steep.

Finally the hill grew so steep that the driver was forced to slow down and eventually, they pulled away from him entirely.

It took ten minutes for a beach patrol crew, traversing the steep dunes in a four-wheel-drive pickup, to transport Endris to an ambulance.

"With steep duty increases over the last few years this segment has grown exponentially, " TII said.

Any reduction would be felt keenly by second-tier universities, which are already struggling with steep cuts to government funding.

Paulson*s net worth is pegged at $15. 5 billion, even as some of his investors have suffered steep losses in his funds this year.

While the annual increase sounds steep, it largely reflects severe weakness a year ago and, in particular, a rebound in oil prices.

Venezuelan passenger plane slammed into a steep mountainside in the Andes, killing all 46 people on board, officials said.

Since sellers are on the defensive, if the attacking bulls succeed, the breakout is likely to be steep.

S. data. Commodity heavy Brazil, meanwhile, had to cut interest rates despite steep inflation in a bid to counter sharply slowing growth.

We continued to struggle up the steep slope of the mountain.

After three days of hiking, paddling across rivers, and climbing steep mountains he was getting a bit tired.

I was with him one day during maneuvers of the Red Second Division when we had to climb a very steep hill.

Take care of yourself, it is not allowed to cross the flight region and come close to steep department.

The Aqua Line's toll is steep, but for high-rolling drivers, it cuts the commute between the cities from an hour and a half to 15 minutes.

The White House announced on Friday it will impose steep tariffs on Chinese tire imports after an appeal from a U. S. labor union.

that ' s a steep price , but getting hezbollah inside the tent of political change might be worth it.

Land is so scarce in the crowded countryside near Musanze that farmers struggle to cultivate every foot of the steep, eroding hillsides.

and envy is as the sunbeams, that beat hotter upon a bank, or steep rising ground, than upon a flat.

The steep ruggedness of the volcanic terrain made this work very difficult; it required picks, sledgehammers, and a lot of sweat.

Most of the vineyards are on a small raised area of mostly gentle, but occasionally steep, slopes surrounded by the hills of the Langhe.

The global economy is now paying an exceedingly steep price for having tipped the scales on already dangerous imbalances.

Beyond the human cost, the price tag for U. S. military activity in Iraq has been steep as well.

Spain, which is trying to emerge from a steep recession following a housing bubble, is running a 11. 2% budget deficit.

There was a steep climb on the road out of town.

At mile seventeen the road took an abrupt plunge into a steep-walled canyon.

Going down a steep hill, he let the car run away with him.

It may not be steep or dramatic, but the fact that it's happening is clear.

Elephants have become trapped in steep-sided drainage ditches in parts of Assam north of the Brahmaputra.

There's likely to be a steep drop in the cost of petrol.

Investigations conducted between 2007-2009 revealed a body of water that sits in the bottom of a narrow, steep-sided valley.

While Mexico is acting now to reduce emissions, it promises really steep cuts if it gets some help.