In the past few weeks, however, she has come down to earth with a bump.

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When those components are made locally, prices should stabilize if not come down to earth.

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Perhaps we shouldn't be surprised that they have come down to earth.

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One of the welcome features of several recent space missions has been the decision to post pictures online almost as soon as they come down to Earth.

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They simply have to come down to earth.

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But as valuations of Internet, software and hardware companies come down to earth, and medical device and drug companies continue to steadily get bought or go public, more health care investors are clawing their way onto the list.

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They need to come back down to earth.

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Otherwise those stock prices might very well come back down to earth.

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At some point Chelsea will come back down to earth slightly, but they certainly look like the team to beat in the early going.

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Through it all King has, amazingly, stayed down-to-earth in her dealings with mere mortals and does not come off as difficult and ego-driven, at least in her own telling.

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