He only asked, "How do we know when irrational exuberance has unduly escalated asset values, which then become subject to unexpected and prolonged contractions?"

Without the boost from momentum, muscles experience prolonged, concentrated contractions.

The Government must respond decisively if the UK is to avoid a period of prolonged contraction.

A flood of new Japanese mutual funds, for example, has reversed a prolonged contraction in the industry.

Failure to maintain prolonged voluntary anal contraction seems to be critical in our patients.

Furthermore, the clinical outcome seemed also to be related to the length of prolonged voluntary anal contraction achieved by patients.

This consists more often than not in impairement of prolonged voluntary anal contraction.

It induces prolonged, slow contraction of smooth muscle and has a major bronchoconstrictor role in asthma.

If there is a problem at the neuromuscular junction, a very prolonged contraction may occur, tetanus.

The authors speculate that the damage occurs during delivery, particularly when prolonged contractions create greater blood pressure in the placenta.