But the level of violence has generally eased since the beginning of the year.

He says he does not think the food crisis has eased since his trip.

And while protests against the bases continue, tensions have eased considerably since 1995.

Food prices had their biggest decline in more than five years and energy prices eased for the first time since last spring.

He said restrictions on broadcast journalists have gradually eased since 1985, when "you could not admit that our society had problems."

Personal incomes, meanwhile, eased three-tenths of 1 percent, the first decline since July.

Tensions have eased here since Sunday night, when government officials released the peasant leaders arrested at the start of the disturbances.

It was a bitter memory, but the sting had eased somewhat since Durrkesh.

The bilateral relations began to ease since 1980s.

Expressed in constant dollars, on the other hand, the trade deficit has been easing steadily since the third quarter of 1986, most analysts agree.