In Ghana, a spider called Myrmarachne foenisex is an excellent mimic of the red weaver ant, a vicious creature with a nasty sting.
Turley says he was once in the training room after a game with a young linebacker who had suffered a vicious hit on a kickoff return.
Still, the fact that these industry giants retained the highest rating calmed investors, who had worried that downgrades could trigger a vicious cycle, a fore-selling of bonds, leading to more losses for the big banks and increased credit costs for consumers, city government and others.
Indonesia faces, in a particularly vicious form, a downward spiral seen in Thailand and, to a lesser extent, Malaysia.
It is more of a last resort and often found to cause a vicious circle instead of a long-term improved competitive position.
Of course, these social phenomena are both symptoms of and contributors to economic circumstances, a vicious cycle that requires a structural solution at the policy level.
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The process creates a vicious cycle in which each time a person goes on a diet like McCotry's, she'll have to further lower her caloric intake in order to drop weight.
The scheme had been launched to help young people trapped in a vicious circle where they could not get a job because they did not have any experience on their CVs, he said.
"We are in a vicious cycle, " said Evans Revere, a former senior State Department official who now works on Asia issues at the Brookings Institution.
The home collapse gathered momentum when Darren Stevens, soon after being hit on the glove by a vicious Kruger lifter, ran himself out attempting a suicidal single to Jamie Dalrymple at mid-on.
Stockmarket analysts took this as a rebuttal of a vicious article in February in the Bungei Shunju, a monthly Japanese magazine, which pointed to various problems with Hikari Tsushin's sales targets.
Broad was bowling with great venom and accuracy, and Fidel Edwards lasted just three balls before splicing a vicious throat ball to Tim Bresnan, who took a good catch in the gully.
Right now, our economy is trapped in a vicious cycle: The turmoil on Wall Street means a new round of belt-tightening for families and businesses on Main Street--and as folks produce less and consume less, that just deepens the problems in our financial markets.
When any member of EVAC is hit by a novel virus, either a completely new one or a vicious variant of an old one, they pass on a warning which is distributed to all members of the network.
It is a vicious cycle in which many are trapped: security is a prerequisite for development and development is a preventative for insecurity, yet these states lack the basic means to pay for the security that would facilitate the stability and economic growth that would, in turn, generate the revenues for the governments.
The change comes in the wake of a vicious public relations battle between Apple and Adobe, creator of a widely used technology called Flash that manages video and animations on many websites.
Grusha then undergoes a perilous journey to evade vicious soldiers, becoming a loving mother during a few difficult, impoverished years in exile.
Employers' problems feed, in a vicious cycle, the urban problems--like regional and racial divisions, lousy city schools and a poorly prepared work force--that seem to afflict St.
Gupta and Lal are just two of thousands of victims of a new and vicious crime wave that has cast a pall of fear over Bombay, India's commercial and cultural center and a city that has always thrived on boisterous ostentation.
Executives in Round Rock boast about holding the operating margin almost constant amid a vicious price war.
New batsman Bell was greeted with a vicious bouncer that he did well to avoid.
If Mr Allawi follows this lead, Iraq could end up in a vicious circle.
Foreclosures place downward pressure on house prices, contributing to a vicious cycle of economic pain.
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Most have cut back on investment, creating a vicious circle that reduces growth further.
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As a disease or disorder, obesity is a vicious cycle with multiple contributing factors.
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With the fear of calamity diminished, a vicious cycle would become virtuous as investors' confidence recovered.
And difficulty trying to conceive can, in itself, cause stress, leading to a vicious circle.
Pierre Mirel, a senior official in the European Commission, detects a vicious circle in the making.
Greece is now caught in a vicious circle between political uncertainty and economic contraction.
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That post ignited a comment storm that opened my eyes to a vicious corporate power play.
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