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runaway — run‧a‧way [ˈrʌnəweɪ] adjective 1. runaway costs/prices/ inflation etc ECONOMICS costs, prices etc that are increasing uncontrollably: • the runaway costs of workers compensation • Bolivia was experiencing runaway inflation and foreign debt. 2.… … Financial and business terms
Runaway production — A Runaway production is a term used by the film industry to describe motion picture productions and television shows that are intended for initial release/exhibition or television broadcast in the U.S., but are actually filmed in another country … Wikipedia
Runaway bride case — The Runaway Bride case was the case of Jennifer Carol Wilbanks (born March 1, 1973), an American who ran away from home on April 26, 2005, in an effort to avoid her wedding with John Mason, her fiancé, on April 30. Her disappearance from Duluth,… … Wikipedia
Runaway truck ramp — A runaway truck ramp, runaway truck lane, emergency escape ramp or truck arrester bed is a traffic device that enables vehicles that are having braking problems to safely stop. It is typically a long, sand or gravel filled lane adjacent to a road … Wikipedia
Feedback runaway — is a situation in a feedback system where (usually positive) feedback causes an undesirable situation to become worse. The most common use of the term is in thermal runaway, when an increase in temperature leads to changes that cause further… … Wikipedia
Fisherian runaway — is a model of sexual selection, first proposed by R.A. Fisher in 1915 [Fisher, R.A. 1915 The evolution of sexual preference, Eugenics Review 7: 184 192] , and expanded upon in his 1930 book The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection [Fisher, R.A.… … Wikipedia
Serials crisis — The term serials crisis has become common shorthand for the runaway cost increases of many scholarly journals [ [http://www.unc.edu/scholcomdig/whitepapers/panitch michalak.html The term “serials crisis” has come to be common shorthand for the… … Wikipedia
COMDEX — (an abbreviation of Computer Dealers Exhibition) was a computer expo held in Las Vegas, Nevada, each November from 1979 to 2003. It was one of the largest computer trade shows in the world, usually second only to the German CeBIT, and by many… … Wikipedia
Family law system in England and Wales — The family law system is in this article used to refer to the laws, procedures and rules governing family matters as well as the authorities, agencies and groups which participate in or influence the outcome of private disputes or social… … Wikipedia
Media and Publishing — ▪ 2007 Introduction The Frankfurt Book Fair enjoyed a record number of exhibitors, and the distribution of free newspapers surged. TV broadcasters experimented with ways of engaging their audience via the Internet; mobile TV grew; magazine… … Universalium
Mate choice — Mate choice, or intersexual selection, is an evolutionary process in which selection of a mate depends on attractiveness of its traits. It is one of two components of sexual selection (the other is male male competition or intrasexual selection) … Wikipedia
