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There were solid reasons for the sharp decline in the value of equities in Hong Kong itself, most obviously the precipitous rise in interest rates and the precipitous drop in liquidity as the central bank fights to keep the HK dollar pegged to the U.S. dollar.
The cover story by Michael Lewis relives the enviable rise--and precipitous fall--of Long-Term Capital.
Surrounded by a pair of precipitous ravines, the imposing walls of the citadel were some forty feet high and twenty feet thick, virtually impregnable.
The result is often a precipitous sell-off.
5shows that in control cells, level of active ERK1/2-P remained relatively constant up to 48 h but showed a precipitous decline from 48 to 96 h (panel A).