That quick decline qualifies as the steepest (if not yet the deepest) since 1931.
The speech showed once again that even if Boris Johnson is not the deepest thinker in modern politics, he is surely the one who tells the best jokes.
The difficulty is to comprehend 'the difficulty.' " For Johnson, the difficulty was grasping that in much of America, if not yet the Deep South, the "average man" now opposed Jim Crow.
Brown is now, once again, governor-elect of California, with the state's government, if not the state itself, in deep crisis.
The talk demonstrates that, if not for the deep cultural work carried out by 19th-century Spanish Americans like those considered here, the very category of 'colonial legacies' would not exist.
More recently, the Chinese government's anger at Cameron's meeting with the Dalai Lama prompted a lengthy diplomatic rift, if not quite the deep freeze some suggested; trade and investment increased and, below ministerial level, government dealings continued as normal.
Most people would have expected Bayern to be down-hearted and there was an ecstatic complacency in the ground, if not the team, when Valencia's deep cross was lashed past Butt by Nani, on the volley in the 43rd minute.
If not, the problems are a little deeper.
The audience hollered and waved arms in rhythm when the Cubans' turn came, getting their energy and cadence, if not always the deep meaning of their words.
