That is a period of growth followed by another downturn.

VOA: special.2009.08.21

Now, out of all of this, again to repeat, we are not making the argument that the Thirty Years' War itself led to absolute rule, that the growth of state structures can be seen in the beginning and the late medieval period with the consolidation of these territorial monarchies.

综上所述,我再重复一遍,我们并不能推断说,三十年战争本身导致了绝对主义的发展,国家的构建在中世纪的早期,以及晚期的领土兼并中就已经初见端倪

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Donohue says introducing new taxes now would further slow economic growth,or worse,bring about another period of decline.

VOA: standard.2010.01.12