Herman's childhood, upwardly and downwardly mobile, as his father's affairs prospered or, more often, failed.

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Among these downwardly mobile, millions have come to the realization that they will never return to where they were before.

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Mind you, I don't feel alone on my downwardly mobile path.

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It would have been unthinkable ten years ago to ask the provocatively downwardly mobile questions raised at a Financial Times conference on the future of America this morning.

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Without such a catalyst, RIM will remain downwardly mobile.

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The main feature of irony that makes us associate it so closely with hipsters is that lots of hipsters are essentially downwardly mobile young people who are putting themselves to some practical use, however small or marginal, instead of sitting around getting obese.

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