By the 18th century its international importance was in decline.

Historians have suggested that this disability affected his emotional development.

The abrupt slowdown in economic activity dramatically affected corporate earnings and the availability of internal funds .

None of these problems has afflicted the region s other large countries or at least not to anywhere near the same extent.

THE INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT Global economic prospects have been considerably dented by an economic downturn now extending to all advanced economies .

In addition , a public sector strike negatively affected real GDP growth in the second quarter of the year .

The fall of Toulon at the end of December 1793 severely damaged British fortunes in the Mediterranean.

The weaker international environment adversely affected external demand in the euro area and hampered business investment .

The partial collapse and indefinite closing of the terminal just before the beginning of summer seriously hurt the airport's business plan.

It is possible that emperor penguins can dive even deeper, as the accuracy of the recording devices is diminished at greater depths.

João was not his father's first son, João had had an older brother, of the same name, that had died a year before João's birth.

Consequently , the 85 85 decline in global demand primarily affected trade 80 80 in goods , which accounts for a much larger share of trade than of GDP .

BERKELEY The United States continues to recover from its deepest economic slump since the Great Depression, but the pace of recovery remains frustratingly slow.

In addition , euro area governments assumed contingent liabilities as a consequence of national banking sector support measures , which also impinged on the spreads .

This concentration affected not only the core infrastructure , but also the whole financial system within and beyond the euro area ( other Member States and major industrialised countries .

Such a perspective can offer further information on the extent to which the macroeconomic environment , in particular the combination of growth and interest rates , has affected the dynamics of debt .

Results of business surveys conducted by NCBs and other organisations also generally confirm the view that the cash changeover has not affected prices to any significant extent .

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In 1952, London experienced five days of lethal, particulate laden smog that killed 12,000 people and sickened more than 100,000.

Despite being called the Age of Enlightenment, during which most folkloric legends were quelled, the belief in vampires increased dramatically, resulting in a mass hysteria throughout most of Europe.

The great unanswered question about Kennedy s presidency and how his assassination affected American foreign policy is what he would have done about the war in Vietnam.

The key challenge in order to reinforce sustainable growth and job creation is to accelerate structural reforms , as the financial crisis has negatively affected the productive capacity of the euro area economies .

Within this time frame , some accession countries have not sufficiently developed their securities infrastructure owing to a lack of resources as well as the low volume of securities traffic , which has hampered the recovery of initial investment costs .

ECB Annual Report 2002 provide timely , symmetrical and foreseeable adjustments , since they are directly linked to the structure of the economy .

This loss was again due primarily to the evolution of exchange rates , which adversely affected the value , expressed in euro , of the bank 's holdings of assets denominated in foreign currencies , principally the US dollar .

This loss was due primarily to the evolution of exchange rates , which adversely affected the value , expressed in euro , of the bank 's holdings of US dollar denominated assets , but also to lower domestic and foreign interest rates .

Finally , declining commodity and import prices , in connection with the crisis in Asia in 1997 and 1998 , affected price developments in Sweden , contributing to the very depressed levels of price increases in 1998 and early 1999 . Large movements in the exchange rate have occasionally had noticeable effects on price developments .

The valuation correction , which is reflected together with valuation adjustments on other balance sheet items under revaluation accounts ( liability item 10 ) , has also affected the figures for the Eurosystem 's holdings of gold and gold receivables which were not correct in the statements published on 5 and 11 January 2000 .

Focusing on Latin America brings us perspectives on how the crisis affected the women in three different countries of the region Mexico, Costa Rica and Argentina, and how they are facing the new challenges brought by the rising participation of their countries in the world's economy.

Based on the published literature, in vitro studies of binding to human serum proteins, using paclitaxel at concentrations ranging from 0.03 to 1.2 µM, indicate that about 87 of paclitaxel is bound the presence of ranitidine, dexamethasone, or diphenhydramine did not affect protein binding of paclitaxel.

Before concluding, I should like to tell Mr Savary that we are going to have a special debate tomorrow on the consequences of the storms which have struck France, Austria and Germany, in particular, in the last few weeks, and at the same time we shall once again be discussing, together with my fellow Commissioner, Mrs de Palacio, what lessons we might draw in the matter of the oil spillage which has also affected the coasts of France.