Amid a barrage of grim predictions about the further "spiralling out of control" of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, Barack Obama told delegates at the United Nations that while the world had started to launch its response, it was still lacking.
The decline of middle-class jobs that had already begun further spiraled out of control.
Getting started now will save countless lives and prevent a further tragic downward spiral of a society that stands on the brink of survival.
Given the essential roles that oceans play in planetary function and provision of human sustenance, the grand challenge is to intervene before more tipping points are passed and marine ecosystems follow less-buffered terrestrial systems further down a spiral of decline.
This severe breaking of a basic DNA housekeeping action contributes to the genetic instability that characterizes cancer, and thus initiates and sustains a spiral of further and further genetic aberrations that endow tumor cells with extraordinary capacities and adaptability.
A further advantage of the rotating spiral approach is that the mass transfer is augmented by secondary motions produced by Coriolis force.
He said: "People who are struggling to find work and struggling to find a secure future are, I think, driven further into a downward spiral of uncertainty, even despair, when the pressure is on in that way".
Dr Williams told BBC radio in the West Midlands: "People struggling to find work and a secure future are driven further into a downwards spiral of uncertainty, even despair, when the pressure is on in that way.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, expressed his concern about the proposed changes, saying: "People who are struggling to find work and struggling to find a secure future are - I think - driven further into a downward spiral of uncertainty, even despair, when the pressure is on in that way.
In addition, decreased mobility and immobility lead to a devastating spiral of further disability and health problems.
