By 2006, that number fell to 2.6 billion and stagnated there through 2008.
After nine years with Alcoa, Romney's career had stagnated; there were many layers of executives to climb through and a key promotion he had wanted was given to someone with more seniority.
Ultimately, TBF stopped completely, and many erythrocytes stagnated there.
Once, I would have said the same about Manchester, but the truth is I was stagnating there.
Many economists are concerned that if the economy continues to stagnate, there is a danger of deflation, or a decline in prices, that would be difficult to reverse.
Output fell, new orders declined again, and manufacturers laid off more staff, which must add to fears that the Russian economy is stagnating (there's a good piece about this in this weeks' Economist).
But if numbers continue to stagnate, there are concerns that some courses, particularly smaller ones such as sculpture, 3D design and the two-year foundation course at Camberwell, might close.
But play stagnated from there, with things getting bogged down in the midfield and fouls from both sides up and down the field.
The observed trajectory, however, changes suddenly after this period: the trajectory shifts downwards for the first several months, stagnates there for some months with small magnitudes, and then shifts upwards, recovering its magnitude and direction.
"If the public feels like the economy is stagnated and there's not a positive outlook for the future, then there may be an anti-incumbent and anti-party-in-power mood," said John L. Ryder, the Republican chairman from Tennessee.
And, as productivity stagnates, there are waning expectations about how fast the UK can grow after the recovery is complete.
