In the e-mail, he used the words "trick" and "hide the decline" when writing about a graph showing rising temperatures.

VOA: special.2010.01.19

We ,over the last twenty-five years, seen an alarming decline in the number of beekeepers.

VOA: special.2011.05.24

Nwanze says the decline was as much as a third in Africa and two-thirds in Asia and Latin America.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29

Even after a decade-long decline in illegal logging,Ritter says, there's still a long way to go.

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

The scientists say if their work is confirmed, it could lead to further research on how lifestyle choices figure in the prevention and treatment of age-related decline and diseases such as Alzheimer's.

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

U.S.officials, including the number-two American commander here, Army Lieutenant General Charles Jacoby, say such occasional spectacular attacks are,in a way, evidence of the decline of al-Qaida in Iraq, which once staged dozens of attacks every day.

VOA: standard.2009.12.11

"I think for the industry as a whole, it's very interesting and potentially important because there are a lot of publishers who haven't yet developed paid-for models, who are looking at a cyclical and structural decline in advertising revenues,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.05

Indeed,volatile food prices, population growth, low agricultural productivity and the potentially devastating effects of climate change make it a particularly daunting challenge. The IFAD president says over the past 30 years, agricultural productivity in developing countries has been stagnant or in decline. He blames it on years of under-investment.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29

But the basic implication is that if the past repeats itself, if one could replicate the past, the implication is as follows: Those seeking to gain fast profits, they should try and profit from the fast, buying shares prior to the start of Ramadan and selling them at the end of the Holy Month or,preferably, immediately after Eid al-Fitr, where our results begin to decline.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05