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The ignorant have watched their retirement plans drop 30% over the last few months with the most preciptious fall coming in the last two weeks.
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My guess is that, however much they dislike continuation of the war, they fear a preciptious withdrawal even more.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Can Presidents Wage War Without Congressional Support? 2007
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I had made reference to the preciptious plunge, during Bush's tenure, in the esteem and trust given America by the peoples of other nations, including especially those of our traditional friends among the democracies of Europe.
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Markit's PMI surveys for the eurozone in July showed a preciptious fall to a 23-month low, with "deeper contraction" in the southern bloc.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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The President's fall has been as preciptious as his rise because American's voted for a man they didn't know.
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The President's fall has been as preciptious as his rise because American's voted for a man they didn't know.
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The President's fall has been as preciptious as his rise because American's voted for a man they didn't know.
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The President's fall has been as preciptious as his rise because American's voted for a man they didn't know.
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The President's fall has been as preciptious as his rise because American's voted for a man they didn't know.
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The President's fall has been as preciptious as his rise because American's voted for a man they didn't know.
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