In the services sector, Britain's economic powerhouse, activity ground to a halt in the fourth quarter owing to a loss of momentum after the London Games.
On its Web site, Panacom described itself as an international powerhouse: "Our activities span many industries and include food, medical products, construction, telecommunications, transportation, waste management, water treatment, sewage disposal, consumer electronics, mining, crude oil and gas exploration and development, machinery, heavy equipment and power plant design and equipment".
"Egyptian youths – especially students – have been the powerhouse of all activities in liberty squares across the nation, and the beating heart of the Revolution," it said.
In the powerhouse services sector activity ground to a halt in the fourth quarter due to the absence of the London Games boost in the previous three months.
Initially at the Central Middlesex hospital in Willesden, a powerhouse of social medicine activity, from 1956 it was based at the London hospital, where Jerry was appointed to the chair in social medicine.
The Cleveland Clinic, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals are powerhouses of economic activity, spending a combined $3 billion on goods and services annually.
Once upon a time they were a powerhouse for this sort of activity.
Certainly, Europe's traditional powerhouse suffered a setback with economic activity falling back in the second quarter of 2014.
With the ice still melting from the Stanley Cup finals last week, the National Hockey League began its off-season activities today by naming Clark Gillies of the powerhouse Islanders teams of the 1980's to the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Nor does it bother John S. Reed, a former Citigroup co-chairman, who played a role in building Citi into a powerhouse that mingled commercial banking and all sorts of trading activities.
