And while we sometimes fall down on the job, we bring to the political arena a certain battle-hardened skepticism.
HTML5 apps are cheaper and easier to create, and can work across different platforms like Firefox OS, though they fall down on offering high-spec features.
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Remittances suffered their sharpest fall on record, down by 6.9% in July compared to the same month year before, according to Mexico's central bank.
Looking at input costs, which generally gives insight into pent-up inflation, one sees that PPI fell 0.3% in July on the back of a marked fall in gas prices (down 3.1% in July and 40% on a three-month annualized basis).
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It's so easy for someone to slip on the ice and fall down and get run over.
The number of unemployed men continued to fall and was down by 2, 000 on the previous three months, while female unemployment rose by 3, 000.
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The September figures show exports to the single currency area have now started to fall - they were down 0.2% on the month.
This year, Le Web happens to fall on the day a snowstorm shut down the airports and the Eiffel Tower, and brought traffic to a standstill in the French capital.
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Because we rallied the world, nuclear materials are being locked down on every continent so they never fall into the hands of terrorists.
Even the Bush administration has reportedly begun contingency planning to start a draw-down this fall irrespective of the circumstances on the ground in response to an expected domestic political imperative demanding what is euphemistically called a "new strategy" come September.
The market appears to be saying that if any of these banks went down, the bulk of losses would fall already fall on creditors rather than taxpayers.
But Spanish ace Nadal kept battling and got a lucky break in the fourth game of the decider as his U.S opponent's return hit the net cord and bounced back on his side of the net to fall down a break.
That immediate gratification attitude is what gets our credit card balances skyrocketing, our decision to purchase a home with little or no money down, little or no cash reserves to fall back on and insufficient assets to fund education for our children or retire in comfort.
Giving them a place to stay isn't dealing with the kind of underlying issue, which is there's a very small number of people who are addicted to drugs, are mentally ill, have severe problems with alcohol, and they live on the streets and every winter they fall down drunk four times and get taken to the hospital and have to get a cat scan.
Will he lead the party to electoral defeat in 2012 and fall on his sword afterwards, or will he stand down just before, recognising that only a fresh Socialist leader can stop a severe drubbing by the conservative People's Party?
As Horizon Media analyst Brad Adgate has noted, ratings for regular-season games on CBS, NBC and Fox were all down last fall.
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Largely overlooked during the otherwise Idol-focused panel was a fall schedule that focuses on stability and familiarity--a toned-down theme for a network long known for wacky characters and edgy fare.
However, the Local Government Association (LGA), which represents councils, said the fall in the pay bill for senior staff - down 12.5% on 2010-11 - was "good news" for council tax payers.
Yes, the stock has already taken a fall, but there could be a lot of room left on the way down.
That was a fall of 1.6% on the previous year, which was put down to the health scare around PIP breast implants.
The three Scottish airports owned by BAA saw a fall in passenger traffic to 1.88 million last month, down 5.4% on June 2008.
People are spending less, so sales tax - levied on most goods - is also down and income tax receipts are expected to fall sharply.
Nick Clegg is likely to accuse the other parties of getting into an argument about when to cut spending, rather than what to cut - and will suggest they should be more honest with voters ahead of the election on where the axe would fall afterwards, if the deficit is to be brought down.
On the other hand, he notes that gross margins were down sequentially, and will fall again in Q3.
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Himmelman, an Orthodox Jew, turned down an invitation to perform on The Tonight Show when it became apparent that the performance would fall on the Jewish holiday Sukkot.
On a geographical basis, the BRC said that Wales saw the biggest fall in shopper numbers, down 11.5%, followed by the east of England, 7.1% lower.
Because Mr Harper runs a minority government that could fall at any time, he has chiefly focused on short-term, voter-pleasing issues like cracking down on illegal immigration.
Some companies have tried to control risks by stocking up on plastics when they think the price will rise and running down inventories ahead of an expected fall.
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