"You had a fairly precipitous rise in rates by the Fed, a move in oil that surprised most people.
Other people's Legos!" But the precipitous rise in Children's Museums has been accompanied by a corresponding uptick in a devastating new medical pathology, known as Daddy Dropsy.
Its Republican governor, Tim Pawlenty, is brandishing the scythe, arguing that the state spends too generously and taxes too heavily.Minnesota, like many states, has seen a steep decline in tax revenues coupled with a precipitous rise in health-care costs.
For all his life's dedication to the mysteries of the bowling ball, Mr. Wasserberger said he was convinced that the precipitous rise in perfect games -- and in overall averages -- was primarily due to changes in the oiling of lanes.
The result has been poor nutrition, widespread weight gain, a precipitous rise in diabetes and little or no benefit to the health of the heart or any other organ.
The waters off the 530-mile Nigerian coastline have been called the most dangerous in the world by a maritime watchdog group after a precipitous rise in the number of attacks over the past year.
While these funds are not new — they first rose to prominence in the seventies, as a way for Arab states to reinvest their oil money — of late they've become major players in global markets, thanks to the precipitous rise in oil prices and the booming Chinese economy.
The Saudi Arabian oil minister, Ali al-Naimi, told the Dow Jones news service that OPEC would "probably" cut output targets by 1.5 million barrels a day to steady the market and avoid a "precipitous fall in the price or a precipitous rise in the price".
And it's what the G7 finance ministers did early this morning when they issued a statement about the precipitous rise in the value of the yen, saying they were "concerned about the recent excessive volatility" in the yen's exchange rate and that they would "cooperate as possible".
The company said it was reducing its projections for two main reasons: It is delaying the release of a new game based on the Harry Potter movies into its next fiscal year, and the precipitous rise in the dollar has cut into profits coming from overseas.
