Venetian shipping had started to decline from about 1530—before the entry into the Mediterranean of large volumes of Dutch and British shipping—and was clearly outclassed by the end of the century.

威尼斯的航运业从1530年左右荷兰和英国船只大量进入地中海之前开始衰落，到16世纪末已经明显落后了。

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That was more than economists expected and a 2% decline from July.

这个降幅超出经济学家预期，较7月份也下降了2%。

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This figure follows a trend of decline from an estimated 700 metric tons in 2001.

这一数据从2001年的700吨到现在保持一个下降的趋势。

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(SAYING:mortality rates in the United States) About 40 percent of the decrease for men resulted from the decline in lung cancer death.

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And in the--from 1989 to 2006 there was a pretty significant decline, but even in 1989 the numbers weren't very high.

我们看到,从1989到,2006年有个很明显的下降,但是即使是在1989年这个数字也不高

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However,given that there is at least some evidence for positive effects from some of these lifestyle changes, plus other benefits apparently unrelated to cognitive decline, Burke offered some recommendations.

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Apple sold 6.8 million iPods, a 10 percent unit decline from the year-ago quarter.

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Apple sold 15.4 million iPods, a 21 percent unit decline from the year-ago quarter.

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While sequential growth of 6.1% was encouraging, HP suffered a 0.2% decline from Q3 2009.

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