But despite the market's recent performance, some economists were skeptical about a continued upward trend because the market had been driven by revised economic forecasts predicting better-than-expected results.

Paradoxically enough this holistic process played a big role in fragmentation of societies: self-equipped and self-sufficient individuals became the corner-stone of this continued trend.

"The Army's leadership will take whatever measures they believe are appropriate if they see a continued upward trend in desertion, in order to maintain the health of the force."

Many other yards throughout the BR network saw reductions in activity as a result of the continued trend towards unit or 'block' train working.

This marked a continued downward trend in Homicide viewership since the series debuted.

The continued trend of the industry is to increase quality and control yields.

The move signals a continued trend toward watching the bottom line at Conde Nast, which publishes Women's Sports.

That the Phillies did win without even having to go the seven-game distance speaks to the continued trend of underestimating the team.

"Our order volume was much lower than expected and was showing a continued downward trend," Mr. Grebey said.

My Amendments Nos 79 and 81 are based upon the assumption that we shall see a continued trend towards paints with ever lower contents of volatile organic compounds.