The havoc in the junk bond market has been caused by the fading fortunes of several of the big mergers financed with junk bonds and large amounts of bank debt.

Copeland was business like and practical and he managed to turn round the fading fortunes of the Theatre Royal.

He was handpicked less than a year ago by the Bharatiya Janata Party's high command to turn around its fading fortunes in the state.

For the last two weeks, all Jerry Tarkanian could talk about was the fading fortunes of Nevada-Las Vegas.

But ultimately, it is the fading fortunes of the hometown automakers that may have the biggest effect in shifting some of the Detroit glitz to Los Angeles.

Neighboring Minnesota is attracting more jobs, especially high-tech ones that can help replace the fading fortunes of industries linked to car manufacturing.

Despite the fading fortunes of the auto industry, 93 percent of Michigan children are covered, several percentage points higher than the national average.

According to Joel Kotkin, an economist at Pepperdine University, Mr Ueberroth 'never truly adjusted his strategy to the fading fortunes of the old elite.'

An assortment of injuries has prevented Salazar from training seriously in recent years, and his departure seemed to symbolize the fading fortunes of American distance runners.

Instead, in a move that both Mr. Cosby and the show's production company have linked to the fading fortunes of the networks, it will be sold by the producers, or syndicated, to individual stations.