These unnecessary wars have kept the alliance busy, but they also have accelerated its decline.
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When evidence of its decline began pouring in, Detroit employed tricks to prop up its sales.
There is a distinct possibility that the Greek economy will continue its decline upsetting all calculations.
Demand for silver in photography continued its decline due to the ongoing conversion to digital photography.
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But its decline meant they borrowed and went into debt to maintain their standard of living.
The rate is still high however you look at it, but its decline has been impressive.
Some analysts cited the bond's aggressive structure as a major reason for its decline.
When evidence of its decline began pouring in, Detroit employed tricks to boost sales, particularly fleet sales.
Milwaukee reflects the grandeur of the lake region's past as well as its decline and the quest to rebuild.
The underwater Randian dystopia of the first game, for all its decline into madness, felt like a living thing.
Rather than symbolising Japan's apparently insatiable desire for luxury goods, however, this may have marked the start of its decline.
Its decline from a peak of 10% in October 2009 has been helped by unusually stagnant growth in the labour force.
Some people find the smell of tobacco repulsive, but its decline as a habit stems of course from the health risks involved.
It has lagged the rest of the market in the bounce-back rally, retracing only 50% of its decline from the mid-February top.
The euro area manufacturing purchasing managers index reversed most of its decline recorded since April, its cyclical high, rising to 56.5 from 55.6.
He added that although the starling was one of the commonest of garden birds, its decline elsewhere has put it on the "red list" of endangered species.
But John Paul II, despite being wildly popular, could not reverse its decline in his native Poland, where it is no longer socially obligatory to attend mass.
But if she's to make the business a technology leader again, rather than managing its decline, Meg Whitman needs to come up with a standout product pretty soon.
Facebook (FB) continues its decline, it broke another pivot low.
The economy picked up again, and the stock market halted its decline, recovered its losses, and went on to the highs reached at the end of April this year.
If Congress loses to a new grouping, or scrapes back in and fires its too-clean chief minister, business will soon return to normal and Maharashtra will resume its decline.
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It was also expected that QE2, with the Fed printing tons of dollars to finance its big bond purchases, would result in the dollar extending its decline against global currencies.
But residents said the advent of big-box stores and malls crippled local businesses in the hamlet, and the loss of factory jobs on Long Island contributed to its decline since then.
In the absence of a remedial measure like patent-life extension, the industry will continue its decline, resulting in incalculable losses to the U.S. economy and poorer medical care for its citizens.
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The answer requires determining the causes of its decline.
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Yes, there are times when one specific good is overproduced, but its decline in value occurs in concert with a decline in the purchasing power of the producer of the unattractive good.
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Although the Indian Rupee has dipped sharply in recent months, its decline in value appears to be relatively minor when compared with falls of up to 35% per cent in Thailand and Indonesia.
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