(1) It is easy to blame the general downturn for the decline in telecom capital spending.

(2) Thus, the expected growth from the single market may have been held back by the downturn in the business cycle.

(3) Tech companies blame the sharp downturn in their industry for the big write-offs.

(4) A downturn in the housing market

(5) And with the prolonged stock market downturn , employers are running out of the time for smoothing out prior losses.

(6) The economist said the downturn in the US economy had played a major part in a change in sentiment.

(7) There is a great deal of irresponsible leading going on and a downturn in the economy will expose it hurting all concerned.

(8) Economic downturn

(9) Out of all the sectors affected by the downturn , special activities holidays have fared best.

(10) A downturn in the housing market

(11) Like many other dotcoms it's been hit by the economic downturn and the global decline in advertising revenues.

(12) Under the woman's worried stare, the boy's downturned mouth began to quiver.

(13) Critics have previously argued that the stability pact hampers growth by preventing euro zone governments from boosting public spending to stimulate their economies during downturns .

(14) But in today's downturned economy, there is a new interest in rehabilitating them.

(15) Overproduction leads to declines in profits and sharp downturns in the business cycle, and a viable balancing of production, distribution, and demand is referred to as a regime of accumulation.

(16) The downturn in economic activity in Ireland in the second half of last year was unique in the context of previous downturns in the Irish economy.

(17) In past downturns , software spending declines usually trail the rest of the technology industry by six to nine months.

(18) As he looked at Rose there was relief in the small face with its downturned mouth, and something of hope came into the boy's eyes as he noted that she didn't have copper hair or blue eyes.

(19) Over the years it has been shown that some businesses are better at weathering cyclical downturns than others.

(20) Tighter border security is sure to slow import growth even more in coming months, although lower imports will worsen downturns in economies around the world.

(21) Moving by puling himself along the ground through muscular contractions, the only clear sign of humanity or feeling in the big cartoon eyes and downturned mouth hovering in front of his downward curve.

(22) The large strong feet, downturned bill, soaring habit, and certain behaviors of the anhimids are shared by raptorial gruiforms as well.

(23) As the door opened, he pulled one hand out, his thin, downturned mouth lifting into a charming smile that revealed a slight overbite.

(24) Concerning this jaw, Cope remarked that it was a trilophodont mastodont with a short downturned symphysis but did not figure it.

(25) By the mid 1960s, confidence in the government's ability to utilize fiscal and monetary policy tools led many to believe that cyclical downturns in the economy were a thing of the past.

(26) They have trouble sometimes coordinating the effort between upturned eyes and downturned mouths, but the extra strikes make the experience all the more memorable.

(27) Throughout most of the history of the United States, business downturns have been relatively brief - perhaps a year long at most - and recoveries have come soon afterward.

(28) The proximal part of the corallum is calceoloid, the septa, which are of one order only, lack any trace of dilation, and the broad, closely spaced tabulae are not downturned to form deep interseptal loculi.

(29) Beaten-down big caps with the financial power to weather the inevitable downturns in business can offer investors spectacular rewards when the economy recovers.

(30) He looked just like the pictures: the long-ish hair, piercing eyes, and the downturned mouth.