1.   We seemed to drift into tranquility once we reached the long plateau stretch on the high road to Taos.

2.   But it has, after climbing for decades, reached a long plateau.

3.   But it seems clear that somewhere up ahead there is another long plateau for the Dow.

4.   It seems clear that up ahead there is another long plateau for the Dow.

5.   There were bumps and slumps along the road, and some long plateaus that were not as high as one wanted them to be.