But skating last tonight and in need of a remarkable effort to knock Yagudin out of first, Plushenko had to settle for mediocrity: downgrading his planned quadruple toe opener to a double, falling on his next quadruple attempt and failing to perform two planned spins, which left him with an unbalanced program.
"It's only a couple of months since the UK fell into a double dip recession.
Europe is now falling into a double dip recession, where the economy of the European Union is actually shrinking.
As the housing market continues to flirt with the risk of falling into a double dip -- prices are already heading downward, and the Federal Housing Finance Agency forecasts prices to return to their June 30 , 2010level in the fourth quarter of 2013 -- the Obama administration continues to face assaults on its attempts to fix the crisis threatening Americans' most valuable asset.
The end-of-week rout in stocks and the weak signals on the economy raised the threat of a double dip, with the economy falling back into a recession just months after the previous one was thought to be over.
As we expected, the housing sector is already in a double dip: Single-family starts fell by 4.2% m/m in July, the third consecutive month of decline, and both existing and new home sales touched their all-time lows.
Bartoli proved last night when two points from defeat in the second set that she's made of strong stuff, but she nets a backhand at full stretch and then serves up a double fault to fall a break behind.
"I didn't want to spend five months watching my stunt double fall off cliffs," he said.
He turned it down, saying, "I didn't want to spend five months watching my stunt double fall off cliffs".
In the decisive seventh inning, a crucial Pirates double fell just in front of Henderson.
Smaller firms, which supply the big winemakers with some of their grapes, faced a double whammy: falling grape prices and cuts to irrigation water.
