Nor has it helped that hospital nursing salaries have stayed relatively flat for a decade, according to the American Nurses Association.

Heavy discounting of hardcovers by almost all book retailers has meant that hardcover prices have stayed relatively flat in recent years, increasing their popularity.

Initial unemployment claims rose steadily in February after staying flat for months, he said.

I gripped the rock hard and stayed flat.

But the total amount recovered has stayed relatively flat, suggesting the department has been pursuing smaller cases.

Staying flat and crawling backward was far more difficult than crawling forward, but safer than trying to turn around.

"If we stayed flat and never increased our cash flow, we'd be able to pay it."

This is squeezing profits because new automobile prices have stayed virtually flat.

Rolling to solid terrain, he stayed flat, and watched Connie as she bent above Ted's fallen form.

"The real measure of your long-term creative successes are, Are you going up, staying flat or going down?"