On Monday, however, the broader market as measured by the S.& P. 500 inched above the pre-downgrade level to close at 1,204.49, after gaining 25.68 points, or 2.2 percent.
"It could be a downgraded level of threat, because it's something the sheep have experienced before," he says.
Stockpiling supplies should help prepare for a downgraded level of care that becomes inevitable as resources are increasingly stretched.
Possible ratings were 0 (no change from "moderate" quality), –1 (one-level downgrade), –2 (two-level downgrade); +1 (one-level upgrade), or +2 (two-level upgrade).
"And they're going to downgrade the level of security".
"There is no need to break ties, just downgrade the level of diplomatic ties," Mr. Shaath said.
Finally, when attacks on the accusers' credibility fail, those accused of workplace improprieties downgrade the level of harm that may have occurred.
Conservationists have hit out at attempts by Tanzania to hold a one-off sale of its ivory stockpile and downgrade the level of protection for the country's elephants.
"We're seeing now that the gender pay gap has more or less closed for women in their 20s, but the pay gap leaps up for women in their 30s and that's because after having children, many women are forced to downgrade their level of seniority and pay, as the jobs they were doing previously are simply not available on a flexible basis.
We can only speculate that closure happened in spite of the above measures because it was still not feasible to downgrade the level of escalation.
