It is an interesting collusion: a school which, though indisputably distinguished, has always lacked some of the star power of Juilliard, Curtis, and Eastman, is going to become the research center for a composer who, though unquestionably important, has fallen behind in reputation to his onetime rival, Shostakovich.
Although the price of soyabeans, the most important crop, has fallen by 40% from its peak in July 2008, it is still 60% above its historical average.
But only 17percentt of the public agrees, and the proportion who name scientific advances as among the United States' most important achievements has fallen to 27percentt from nearly 50percentt in 1999, the survey found.
More important, the rouble has fallen.
The share of young men who say having a successful marriage is important to them has fallen.
But moderate religion is not drawing an audience on a national scale, and Qailani Mosque, one of Baghdad's most important Sunni institutions, has fallen on hard times.
If you're wondering whether an important literary work has fallen victim to critical trends, here's a sample, taken from a long passage on Mao: In the context of the Chinese revolution and the world revolution, [the Cultural Revolution] was a people's carnival, Mao Zedong's poetic rhapsody...
If you're wondering whether an important literary work has fallen victim to critical trends, here's a sample, taken from a long passage on Mao: In the context of the Chinese revolution and the world revolution, [the Cultural Revolution] was a people's carnival, Mao Zedong's poetic rhapsody..
As much as it is an insult to our national dignity, the scandal over the sudden departure of the foreign defendants in the NGO case makes us face up to an important fact: Hosni Mubarak has fallen but the system he set up is still governing Egypt.
The relative merits of German as opposed to UK production techniques are less important when the currency has fallen 20% in value in just two years, making German cars, fridges and vacuum cleaners cheaper.
The drop in consumer spending as a share of GDP over the past decade has been almost four times larger than the rise in household saving.The more important reason why consumption has fallen is that the share of national income going to households (as wages and investment income) has fallen, while the share of profits has risen.
