A top-down analysis might begin by looking at macro-economic trends. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
This style of faith emanates from top-down edicts. From Wordnik.com. [Rev. Chuck Freeman: 'Noun Faith' Produces Consumers, But 'Verb Faith' Produces Citizens] Reference
Or a four-seater that happens to have top-down ability?. From Wordnik.com. [Video: How to choose a convertible] Reference
The TCOT site reflects a top-down approach to organizing. From Wordnik.com. [Who’s Winning the Twitter Wars?] Reference
The problem was that it had a top-down design and was way too slow. From Wordnik.com. [In Search of an Online Utopia] Reference
China's leaders never seem to lose faith in top-down social engineering. From Wordnik.com. [How To Make A Metropolis] Reference
Summer and fall are perfect times to enjoy a top-down driving experience. From Wordnik.com. [How to buy the best convertible for you] Reference
And one city is trying in true Chinese, top-down fashion to make its citizens happy. From Wordnik.com. [Chinese Experiment Seeks Secrets To Happiness] Reference
The first is that European integration has for too long been a top-down, one-way street. From Wordnik.com. [A Last Chance For Europe] Reference
The Conservatives are ideologically leery of top-down solutions imposed by central government. From Wordnik.com. [Britain’s Great Divide] Reference
To shift gears slightly, we also look at the world from a global macro, top-down point of view. From Wordnik.com. [In Stock Selection, Cash Talks] Reference
The images are arranged on the in-dash display so that the driver gets a top-down view of the car. From Wordnik.com. [Getting in and out of a tight spot] Reference
Because Europe has remained so much of a top-down, technocratic exercise, there is no European dream. From Wordnik.com. [A Last Chance For Europe] Reference
That cut into our top-down time with our three new convertibles, as well as our beloved Miata roadster. From Wordnik.com. [Just In: Audi A5, Infiniti G37, and Lexus IS convertibles] Reference
For me, however, the Wrangler's classic good looks and the top-down option put it slightly ahead of the FJ. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Picks: Sporty and off-road... 3] Reference
"We are seeing a classic top-down versus bottom-up argument," said CityIndex Head of Trading, Michael McCarthy. From Wordnik.com. [Asia Drops; Yen Hurts Japan] Reference
Both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown were happier with the classic, top-down model than with grassroots participation. From Wordnik.com. [Co-operatives offer template for David Cameron's big society] Reference
Unfortunately, most aid is programmed in a top-down way, often through central governments or large organizations. From Wordnik.com. [Dennis Whittle: Turning Chauffeurs into Entrepreneurs] Reference
Mr. Wen's son, for instance, manages a private-equity fund political reform is not likely to be a top-down affair. From Wordnik.com. [Waving the Democracy Flag] Reference
But the A5's combination of comfortable top-down motoring and a fine-looking bod have made certainly helped its popularity. From Wordnik.com. [From the logbook: 2010 Audi A5 convertible] Reference
We are born to debate, free of top-down rulers and their absolutes; no other place has such a provenance and responsibility. From Wordnik.com. [To Argue or Not to Argue] Reference
Instead, they will increasingly operate as top-down powers, allying with -- and overwhelming -- the parties as we knew them. From Wordnik.com. ['Everything Will Change.' Or Not.] Reference
We're making a bet that the closed model that's organized top-down by a company will just get swarmed over by the open model. From Wordnik.com. [Brightcove: A Safe Harbor?] Reference
The Baghdad government runs a top-down command economy and only pays lip service to private jobs and economic diversification. From Wordnik.com. [Will Iraq Fall Victim to the Oil Curse?] Reference
Decentralization, not top-down hierarchy, is the best way to maximize the contributions of people and their personal knowledge. From Wordnik.com. [A Tea Party Manifesto] Reference
Many of the group organizers saw the top-down approach as interference, essentially diluting the genuineness of their efforts. From Wordnik.com. [The Browning of Grassroots] Reference
Bennet has run one of the most D. C.-directed, top-down, Big Money campaigns I've ever seen run in any state I've ever lived in. From Wordnik.com. [David Sirota: Stunning Denver Post Poll Shows Romanoff Ahead - What's It Mean for Progressives?] Reference
The BSP is a top-down organization that critics charge is aimed more at advancing Mayawati personally than addressing social ills. From Wordnik.com. [India’s Anti-Obama] Reference
But critics say he straddles the basic issue-does he want to reform the free-market system, or impose top-down government control?. From Wordnik.com. [Rx For Health Care] Reference
I asked about SB-191 and he does not think that will help much, because it is still a centrally controlled top-down single system. From Wordnik.com. [David Thielen: Tom Tancredo Interview] Reference
China's top-down governance structure gives it a greater ability to mobilize resources and implement policies faster, says experts. From Wordnik.com. [The Poverty Problem] Reference
And in their book "The Bottomless Well," released in February, they argue that top-down treaties like Kyoto work against this process. From Wordnik.com. [Fate of the World] Reference
The result, they say, is a site that can transform top-down campaign messages into two-way conversations between candidates and citizens. From Wordnik.com. [Hey, Barack, Answer Me!] Reference
The idea of top-down is that if you can effect change in governments and economies, then you'll naturally reduce poverty and improve lives. From Wordnik.com. [Dennis Whittle: The Democratization of Aid] Reference
Those unfulfilled, top-down goals are now all but dead, killed by anti-Washington political winds and silly debates over history standards. From Wordnik.com. [Busting The Big Blob] Reference
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