The cloistering effect of technology seems to be how we got to this pervasive conception of balance.
"Declinism" is punditry's favourite topic, and recent days have only added to a sense of national drift: news of a surge in the poverty rate, fresh evidence of a dysfunctional political system, a stock market freefall amid fears of a double-dip recession, and a pervasive sense that the balance of power is tilting irretrievably to Asia.
The specific tests have a pervasive influence on the ordering, balancing, and randomization of test administration.
"Regardless of how the transaction is structured, credit is disappearing from bank balance sheets, resulting in pervasive understatement of credit growth," a Fitch analyst, Charlene Chu, wrote in a June presentation.
We are asked to confiscate items that may tip the delicate balance towards the all-pervasive "youth culture".
Symmetry is pervasive in living things.
Similarly, the suites of traits associated with alternative genotypes at balanced polymorphisms have seldom been investigated in detail, despite increasing evidence from detailed genetic studies that balancing selection is considerably more pervasive than commonly presumed.
Chronic exposure to acidic conditions had a pervasive impact on Daphnia's physiology including acid-base balance, extracellular PCO2, circulation and ventilation, and energy metabolism.
In conclusion we found evidence that the SP is capable of becoming a pervasive and low-cost tool for the quantitative analysis of balance and mobility.
It describes the root causes of pervasive weakness in growth as "persistent financial market fragmentation, weak bank balance sheets, low demand, and creeping uncertainty as well as structural weaknesses, all reinforce each other and contribute to contraction of real activity".
