Historically, Eaton's managers had been proud to achieve 4% growth through an up-and-down cycle.
Though the Wheat Board smooths out some fluctuations, farming has always been an up-and-down business.
Overall it has performed substantially better than the broader market, though it's had an up-and-down ride.
Curiously, the office-supply sector itself is anything but orderly, a brawling, up-and-down marketplace prone to price wars.
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Specially trained pilots took the plane into a series of parabolas, essentially a series of up-and-down curves.
He got up-and-down for birdie, and he two-putted for birdie on the 15th.
The three-time Open champion is well down the field on two under and is frustrated by his up-and-down form.
Those challenges are in addition to the up-and-down cycles of the insurance industry.
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It's a move that appeared questionable after an up-and-down even-par 72 on Thursday, but not anymore after Friday's scoring binge.
Specifically, we grade mutual funds on their performance over three up-and-down market cycles, and rank them on relative returns and annual expense ratios.
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Because business remains trapped in a linear mindset that does not compute with the up-and-down, interconnected, extremely volatile way the world now operates.
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Pinot Gris does share certain Pinot family traits, however, including up-and-down yields, instant blandification when it's overcropped and a hypersensitivity to where it's planted.
After Mike Davis, a former Knight assistant, resigned in 2006 after six up-and-down seasons, the school put its hopes in a big name: Oklahoma's Kelvin Sampson.
And by bringing Cam Newton on board, it could be considered that Under Armour is placing its hands and feet up-and-down the levels of sports participation.
The two City Hall regulars failed to bring much sparkle to the contest to succeed Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who exits office July 1 after two up-and-down terms.
This was solved by rotating the craft through a right angle, so that panning was possible with the motor that had previously been used for up-and-down movement.
Tyshawn Taylor, Kansas' up-and-down point guard who struggled from three-point range throughout the tournament, sank two free throws with eight seconds left to secure a three-point lead.
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As the fins tap the energy generated by the up-and-down motion of ocean waves, they move to propel the robot at speeds of up to 2 knots.
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Rhythmically directed by actor Scott Cooper, who adapted the screenplay from a novel by Thomas Cobb, Crazy Heart is largely the story of Jean and Bad's up-and-down romance.
To embrace the up-and-down nature of markets by journeying, understanding that while the ultimate goals are higher and further, the path will rise and fall, zig and zag.
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But the big story is of course, the meteoric, up-and-down career of Alan Webb, who has been a miling sensation in this country it seems like a long time.
Moore had an up-and-down record as an athletic director, as Alabama tried in vain to find the right coach to fill the shoes of Bryant and then Gene Stallings.
Riverview Park is another popular wooded spot (in North Pittsburgh) that has a host of trails that run along (or up-and-down) the steep slopes that lead down to the riverbed.
"I was just kind of plugging along out there and then all of a sudden, made a nice putt at 9, chip-in at 10, good up-and-down at 11, " he said.
Couples, 53, who won his green jacket in 1992, followed up an opening 68 with an up-and-down round of 71 Friday to get to 5-under and one shot off the lead.
Also similar to that first game: Houston's up-and-down style.
Such indicators include March softening of U.S. manufacturing, persistent high unemployment especially among Millennials, a record number of Americans on food stamps and in poverty, up-and-down consumer confidence, and multi-trillion-dollar federal budget deficits.
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An up-and-down session finished right in the middle of its trading range Thursday as investors digested an encouraging signal on the labor market but braced for the possibility of a contradictory report Friday.
While its strong basketball programs probably will make the transition seamlessly, it remains to be seen how the up-and-down football teams will fare against the likes of Florida State, Clemson, Virginia Tech and Miami.
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