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There was a tendency for P a O 2 /FIO 2 to increase (174 ± 31 versus 188 ± 36;
It has long since been noted that when two people who come from different social backgrounds meet, there is often a tendency for their speech to alter, so that they become more alike, a process known as accommodation or convergence.
The increase in spending at any one time due to the wealth effect would be expected to be small, given a life-cycle saver's tendency to spread consumption of a significant change in wealth over time.
The new Disney film articulates a provocative and long-overdue critique of what is possibly the worst thing about the Internet: Its tendency to turn everything in meatspace--first editions, Beanie Babies, unopened cans of New Coke--into a "collectible."
Ever since we gave up posture for fitness, big square shoulders with a tendency to hunch are no longer a disgrace but the appropriate sign of strength, especially if worn with strong biceps.