Harrington's putt is a nightmare, a good 40 feet up, down and around a huge dip in the green.

Obama faces similar odds: a huge dip in white male support could spell the end of his time in office.

Most CEOs of Fortune 500 companies have been through a huge dip before getting to where they are today, says Godin.

But that doesn't mean a huge dip in the overall tally because there has been a corresponding growth spurt in the number of smaller festivals.

Notice that while Portugal and Italy did not experience huge dips in 2009, their GDP growth was very weak for much of the previous decade.