Robertson and Hutton take issue with two arguments in particular that are gaining increasing currency: that Trident submarines could be disabled by cyber-attacks; and that underwater drones and other technological advances mean there is no guarantee the vessels could remain hidden in the future.
Since the last two decades, training students in self-assessment has gained increasing currency and has been investigated in a considerable number of studies.
But the need to do so has gained increased currency -- and urgency -- not least because many climate scientists believe that the cyclical climate patterns driving weather in many of the world's less developed regions will become more frequent and more intense as average global temperatures rise.
Although melancholia remained the dominant diagnostic term, depression gained increasing currency in medical treatises and was a synonym by the end of the century; German psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin may have been the first to use it as the overarching term, referring to different kinds of melancholia as depressive states.
Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) has emerged as an important outcome, with increasing currency in the pediatric and rehabilitation literature.
It said it would increase its currency hedging to offset the exchange rate.
Revenues fell 4.7% to €979m, although this represented a 0.7% increase when currency fluctuations are stripped out.
The chief financial officer of EADS, Hans Peter Ring, said the company planned to increase its currency hedging to cope with the rise of the euro versus the dollar.
The Indian government, meanwhile, receives payments from the United Nations in United States dollars, but pays soldiers in rupees, which helps increase foreign currency inflows.
Yes, he can help raise money, attract crowds and draw news coverage for candidates, but history suggests Mr. Obama has to increase his currency with the public if he wants voters to elect Democrats in the fall.
