Shortly after the peak that year, a steep tumble in home prices set off a recession.
That is a steep tumble for a team that enthralled a generation in the Northwest with sluggers like Ken Griffey Jr. and Jay Buhner, who now coach in spring training.
A steep tumble in shares of Intel dragged the stock market lower yesterday, after the company's warning late on Thursday that its sales in the third quarter would grow much less than had been expected.
They include extensive product recalls last summer in parts of Europe; a steep tumble in the price of Coca-Cola stock; a generous severance package for Mr. Daft's predecessor, M. Douglas Ivester; and a lawsuit filed nearly a year ago by black employees of Coca-Cola in the United States.
Other worrisome developments included a spike of more than $5 in crude oil prices to almost $128 a barrel, a steep tumble by the dollar against the euro, rising bond yields, a record high in corn prices, and a Mortgage Bankers Association report showing that nearly 1percentt of mortgages fell into foreclosure from January to March.
To lend some perspective, we assembled some of the most spectacular corporate ascensions and steepest tumbles across an array of industries.
KeyCorp, the Ohio bank, fell the most in the S.& P. 500, sliding $2.29, or 10percentto to $19.66, its steepest tumble since 1987.
The market's steep fall came as markets around the world also tumbled, alarmed by expectations of higher interest rates in the United States, rising oil prices and China's efforts to cool its racing economy.
Ytra-Laugaland was cosy, with views over Eyjafjordur, the longest fjord in central northern Iceland, where the steep hills tumble straight into the sea and the nearby, 30m-wide Godafoss waterfall crashes down with such spectacular force that rainbows drift up from its froth and fury.
The fabric of Oporto -- its small historical center perched on steep hills tumbling down to the north bank of the Douro River, the modern city perched above and spreading to the Atlantic coast -- had been crumbling for at least 50 years before the end of the Salazar dictatorship in 1974.
