As countries become more prosperous, one would expect their growth rates to slow.

'Round and 'round till that blasted music wears itself out... and the thing dies down and clunks to a stop.

And even while it is in the air it is going to slow down, it is not going to have a constant velocity

The authorities seem to be slow and reluctant to take appropriate action to prevent such cases of discrimination.

As a result, the distance between Earth and Moon is increasing, and Earth's spin slowing down.

Immigration itself may even slow dramatically, depending on the length and depth of the economic slowdown.

China, once the world s unstoppable growth engine, is slowing.

This would also allow for greater fiscal stimulus at a time when other components of aggregate demand are slowing.

(e) Prevention and treatment and rehabilitation activities are progressing in some regions while lagging or decreasing in others

Because of the lack of the necessary resources, implementation of the government programme to issue lump sum grants of 200,000 roubles per family is extremely slow.

And job creation faltered in April and May, so the US may reach stall speed by year end.

Of course, the process of accession depends on the readiness of the adhering countries, but it should not be halted or slowed down.

Right across the world, people are doing the unthinkable they're slowing down, and finding that, although conventional wisdom tells you that if you slow down, you're road kill, the opposite turns out to be true that by slowing down at the right moments, people find that they do everything better.

In spite of the urgent requirements of several prisoners for specialist treatment, the authorities are often slow to act upon the requests of medical professionals and in some cases deny access outright.

The luminosity and temperature of the star indicate it has ceased nuclear burning and is on its way to becoming a white dwarf, fading at a predicted rate of 1 per year.

Also, government departments were slow to embrace gender sensitive policies as their own sectoral policies, instead viewing them as separate and specific measures for women.

In most mine infested countries, the voluntary repatriation of refugees is slowed or halted by the presence of uncleared land mines in the towns and villages to which the refugees are to return.

Needless to say, acts of violence aimed at undermining the peace process have made Israel slow down implementation of its commitments under the Declaration of Principles and the Cairo Agreement.

But the stage of post financial trauma is very different from the heart attack moment it is more akin to general heart weakness, in which the activities of the patient are slowed down and reduced.

If a country is not slow in paying back its debts and applies those policies considered healthy by the markets, bingo, country risk is low.

The biggest risk to both US and Chinese prosperity is that China s growth stalls, or that it pulls back from further global integration and reforms too slowly.

One example was the announcement that some of its enriched uranium is being diverted to medical research in other words, uranium enrichment, according to this message, can be slowed down.

Some representatives expressed their disappointment that the United Nations, as the leading international organization promoting and setting policies for the advancement of women, was lagging behind Member States, who implemented United Nations recommendations at the national level.

And they aren t slowing India is looking for 1 trillion in infrastructure development over the next five years, most of it in the form of public private partnerships.

Some slowdown is expected in the economies of South eastern Europe in 2005, but growth will remain stronger than in the new EU members, supported by both strong exports and domestic demand, especially investment.

Macroeconomic data from the United States improved blue chip companies in advanced economies remained highly profitable China and emerging markets slowed only moderately and the risk of a disorderly default and or exit by some members of the eurozone declined.

7. For its part FMLN, after starting the destruction of the arms it had concentrated in designated locations under ONUSAL apos s supervision, slowed this process which, by the end of December, had come to a virtual standstill.

Right across the world, people are doing the unthinkable they're slowing down, and finding that, although conventional wisdom tells you that if you slow down, you're road kill, the opposite turns out to be true that by slowing down at the right moments, people find that they do everything better.

As countries become more prosperous, one would expect their growth rates to slow. In earlier times, growth was fueled by capital scarcity capital investment attracted a high rate of return, and this created a virtuous circle of saving and investment.

Fiscal reform We desperately need you to eliminate the looming fiscal cliff in the context of medium term reforms of both the tax system and entitlements.

That said, some trends may be having the opposite effect on expectations for earnings growth. More than two fifths of the S amp P 500 s earnings come from external markets, some of which, like Europe and Japan, are barely growing, while others, like China, are slowing.