It has virtually no provisions for the very modern problem of aging and physically or mentally declining popes.

Mr. Smith said the company would "make the necessary short-term adjustments to our operations" to combat the declining international sales.

Of particular concern is the declining international competitiveness of some countries' economies, most frequently due to wage rises in excess of the increase in productivity.

The Panic of 1857 was a financial panic in the United States caused by the declining international economy and over-expansion of the domestic economy.

Ultimately, Asian Americans will feel the anger of misled voters who blame "Orientals" for layoffs or for America's declining international power and prestige.

Ms. Michaels said the waning interest and her declining income - she said she was making less than $100 that night - were enough to make her abandon the club circuit.

Instead of being able to speak for the industrialized and growing urban centres of the nation, Diefenbaker had turned the movement into the voice of the narrow and declining world of rural Canada.

During the twelfth century French law spread far beyond her frontiers, yet France herself boasted no monarchy or state comparable to that of Plantagenet England, Norman southern Italy, or even the declining German Empire.

Although the results were just one cent a share below Wall Street's consensus estimate, analysts said they increased the concerns about the high levels of inventory at Novell distributors, high levels of accounts receivable and declining profit margins.

"There is no question that our economic future is being harmed by a declining international competitiveness due in part to insufficient investment in basic scientific research," said Senator Lloyd Bentsen, Democrat of Texas, whose state has pledged to contribute $1 billion to the project.

The report did show a decline in cases among some groups.

But the economy was already in a decline before then.

A couple of years later, the office market went into decline.

Some people who have known him for years believe his health is in decline.

Should the decline continue, however, a different case could be made using history.

Most of the decline has been in the lot rather than the house.

He went into a decline and died within five months.

But the process of decline was soon under way again.

The city has seen a decline in population ever since.

But the last few years have seen a bit of a decline.

He was 92 years old, and his health had been in decline for several months.

When he left, you went into a decline, lost interest in everything.

The city then went into a long period of decline.

The town was soon in decline with a population of 75.

The areas have been in decline for a long time.

The situation has led to the decline in the market.

Most of that decline has come in the last two months.

Three months ago, the company expected a 0.7 percent decline.

For the first time last year there was a 4 percent decline.

More than half of that decline came in the last week.

But that is a decline from 48.4 percent in 1975.

These works are not a decline from the earlier ones.

But later on I heard that he was going through a decline.

Now, there seems to be no end to the decline.

Medical care had very little to do with this decline, however.

He declined to say where the money would come from.

The administration has declined to make public data for years since then.

He declined last week to say when the course would open.

He also declined to say how many people were involved.

The police declined to say why they are looking for him.

In several of the states, officials declined to talk about the case.

The work force has declined from nearly 1,000 people in 1990 to 150 today.

In the business area, the use of paper will decline.

The court declined last week to play the name game.

Both declined through the first three years of the Bush administration.

He declined to give any further information about his parents.

He declined to say what the best case would be.

But he declined to say how, and on what issues.

When the two women left with four men, she declined to go along.

He was with a friend who declined to give her name.

The market declined 25 percent in two and a half months.

He declined to say what action, if any, the Government might take.

Officials have declined to say how much more is needed.

The number has declined 10 percent in the last two years.

He declined to name them but said most were Americans.

But its number has declined by 60 percent since 1955.

The number of women 15 to 29 declined by 1 percent.

He declined to say when such an action would take place.

He was asked to leave, but declined to do so, and the police were called.

Although I'd asked her to come to my office, she had declined.