"They are addressing the big brands with some innovation, and with good management, at least the precipitous decline of the business can be stemmed," she added.
The aircraft smashed into the mountain at 435mph, exploding instantly and scattering aircraft and human debris over at least two hectares of precipitous rock.
It is entirely possible, if apparently paradoxical, that global warming could produce a precipitous cooling, at least in Europe and parts of North America, by, say, shutting down the Gulf Stream.
Since then, the dollar has strengthened — it closed at $1.55 Tuesday — and some economists say that even if it creeps down slightly, the dangers of a precipitous fall, at least against the euro, have subsided.
GM's 30-year slide from 60% of the American market has now taken it to 25%; Ford's share is under 20%: neither shows any sign of arresting this trend, which looks dangerously close to tilting into precipitous decline, at least in their home market (both are now faring better abroad).The main cause of their problems is not in the factory or even the design shop.
Along the valley above the tree line, a waterfall of at least 100m issued silently from a precipitous rocky slope.
HONG KONG — The real March Madness, at least in Asia, has been the precipitous fall of Bo Xilai, one of China's most flamboyant (and now disgraced) Communist Party bosses.
This may provide at least a partial explanation for the precipitous decline noted for C. d. media on beaches with heavy pedestrian or vehicular traffic [18].
Sales at Barnes & Noble stores open at least a year fell 8.4percentt in March, a precipitous decline, according to a company statement announcing a first-quarter shortfall.
At this point, there's at least a chance that Donald Trump might preside over the most precipitous decline of a truly dominant power in history, one only recently considered at the height of its glory.
