as in deteriorations
a change to a lower state or level
the gradual devolution of the neighborhood from a thriving community of close-knit families to a drug-ridden slum
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Similar deteriorations took place in Tuscany and in Naples.
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Key parameters such as time to recover (TTR), revenue at risk, lead times, OTIF and service-level degradations can be evaluated and compared across mitigation options.
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The answer is not much—Fennell makes explicit, via sadomasochism, the power differentials and emotional degradations that are so often ambiguous in the original.
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The declinations came as the DOJ reassigned and cut prosecutors working on environmental cases.
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But between increasingly stiff anti-smoking legislation and very real declines in volumes for years, some investors have given up the industry—and Altria—for dead.
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However, this robust growth was belied by declines in median wealth in most of the 56 markets monitored by UBS, pointing to a growing wealth gap.
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While there are some hills, the focus is on enjoying the forests, farmhouses, and long, winding descents rather than chasing summits.
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But it can be snapped back together and used as a snowboard for descents.
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