Sami's health has sharply declined.

However, unlike Japan, China will not accede to calls for a sharp one off revaluation of the renminbi.

The use of torture had declined sharply.

Thereafter, the two camps interests and conclusions diverged sharply.

At the same time, the cost of living increased sharply.

These developments first convergence, and now faster services growth stand in sharp contrast with earlier trends.

In contrast to Latvia, Iceland let its currency, the krona, devalue massively.

Interest rate spreads on Italian sovereign debt have widened, but not sharply.

Europe, by contrast, is clearly lagging.

In Egypt s case, the crucial tourist sector contracted sharply after the revolution.

The government will be forced to consider raising revenues sharply.

And only in the last 50 years or so that sugar consumption rose sharply.

Indeed, today s US predicament contrasts sharply only with the current experiences of developing Asia.

The difference is that America acts decisively, and the EU does not.

Donor aid did start to rise sharply as a result of all of these efforts.

Since then, most emerging market currencies have rebounded sharply.

A sharp weakening of the euro towards parity with the US dollar, which is unlikely, as the US is weak, too.

Yes, India s economy has slowed sharply, the rupee has plunged, and scandals and protests dominate the headlines.

By contrast, the insistence on minimal government and reliance on the market led to precipitous declines in public infrastructure investment, particularly in agriculture.

Markets peaked in 2007, and then fell sharply in many of these places with the onset of the global financial crisis.

How, then, can we sustain worldwide economic progress while cutting back sharply on carbon emissions?

This stands in contrast to most conservative newspapers, who have dedicated little to no coverage of the incidences.

That began to change with WWI, when growth picked up a trend that accelerated sharply after World War II.

After many years of outperformance, GDP growth has slowed sharply.

During the East Asian crisis of 1997 1998, poverty rose sharply.

A vaccine was developed in the next decade, and deaths began declining in earnest in 1924.

The mountains to Salzburg's south contrast with the rolling plains to the north.

The eastern zone is dominated by a range of verdant hills which drop steeply to the coast of the Alor Strait.

Yet I find myself in sharp disagreement with the Bush administration.

In contrast to monetary policy, the US president does have a powerful and direct impact on future fiscal deficits.

Otherwise, simmering trade frictions could suddenly throw globalization sharply into reverse.

Likewise, many other European banks are cutting back their overseas business sharply.

But assume that China does revalue its currency sharply, by, say, 40 .

At the same time, the Japanese yen has depreciated sharply, including by more than 20 against the struggling euro.

In 1549, the Kurdish population grew sharply to 406 houses, while the Turkomans maintained a steady growth to 195 houses.

As a result, levels of import penetration actually fell, quite sharply, in virtually every country.

These factors explain why growth in most BRICS and many other emerging markets has slowed sharply.

Export growth is down sharply, turning negative vis à vis the eurozone s periphery.

And, despite the spike in unemployment, productivity growth in the eurozone is decidedly negative.

Combined with widespread natural disasters in the mid 1990s and limited interaction with the world economy, this led to a sharp economic downturn seriously constraining the Government's ability to feed and care for its people.

This is because, in contrast to mobile handsets, it is emitted continuously and is more powerful at close quarters.

Manufacturing production has plummeted, the trade balance has deteriorated sharply, and corporate bankruptcies are increasingly frequent.

A return to a national currency and a sharp depreciation would quickly restore competitiveness and growth.

Even though home prices have already fallen sharply, there has been no meaningful rebound.

Middle class and wealthy households around the world felt poorer and therefore cut their spending sharply.