But closing off dialogue with Iran would be a precipitous and dangerous mistake.

History is littered with financial crises occurring in the wake of precipitous capital account liberalization.

The German rebound was initially robust because world trade rose rapidly after a precipitous fall.

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

Causes A precipitous rise in the price of rice caused extreme economic hardship, particularly in rural areas where rice was the main staple of life.

For example, scientists have known for decades that certain drugs can cause severe and precipitous anemia in people with a genetic deficiency of the enzyme G6PD.

By way of reference, the assumption of a 5 export downturn pales in comparison with the precipitous 13.6 decline in real exports that occurred in 2008 2009.

Basically, there's this precipitous drop of marital satisfaction, which is closely aligned, we all know, with broader happiness, that doesn't rise again until your first child goes to college.

So, in mid March, Cyprus was heading for a precipitous retrenchment of its banking system, resulting in the loss of a very large part of the country s financial wealth.

Second, much will depend on how China navigates the transition to a more open capital account. History is littered with financial crises occurring in the wake of precipitous capital account liberalization.

Though it is the Turkish government that is to blame for the precipitous decline in press freedom, the policies of the European Union and the United States have been contributing factors.

But, in the developing world, it is just the opposite a decline in exports, reduced remittances, lower foreign direct investment, and precipitous falls in capital flows have led to economic weakening.

Largely as a result of a precipitous fall in exports, China is likely to continue to grow, but at a much slower pace than the 11 12 annual growth of recent years.

By contrast, the insistence on minimal government and reliance on the market led to precipitous declines in public infrastructure investment, particularly in agriculture. This not only impaired long term growth, but also increased food insecurity.

While this borrowing binge might end smoothly, as US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has speculated, most world financial leaders are rightly worried about a more precipitous realignment that would likely set off a massive dollar depreciation and possibly much worse.

The ISI seemed to be keeping its lines of communications open to some Taliban in the hope that they could be used as a reserve force in case of another military confrontation with India or a precipitous American withdrawal from Afghanistan.

A decision by the General Assembly to remove 2 million from the operational budget of United Nations information centres, which made the work of many information centres more difficult, and a combination of political and economic factors, including a precipitous decline in the value of the dollar, further complicated the rationalization process.

This is from the FBI Uniform Crime Statistics. You can see that there is a fairly low rate of violence in the '50s and the '60s, then it soared upward for several decades, and began a precipitous decline, starting in the 1990s, so that it went back to the level that was last enjoyed in 1960.