All of the activity was in Heavy Rains in Texas In Texas, the storm's fury had largely abated.

No longer required is a stiff-upper-lip tolerance for the glitches that used to be standard Jaguar equipment - problems that have largely abated since Ford acquired the British company in 1989.

Fear of the subways in Tokyo has largely abated since the arrest of the sect's guru, Shoko Asahara, in May.

But the price wars with I.B.M. and Hitachi Data Systems that savaged EMC's earnings in 2001 and 2002 have largely abated.

The violence has largely abated for now, but dozens of Nigerians died, and major oil companies halted production in parts of the Niger Delta for weeks.

Although the Kurdish military threat has largely abated, the European Union finally put the Kurdistan Workers' Party on its list of terrorist organizations this year.

Day 9.5: The terrors of the past week have largely abated.

The diplomatic crisis with Spain had largely abated by October 1790, and Bellerophon was sent to Sheerness in late November.

Although this discrepancy has since largely abated, tens of thousands of students still compete for places in Bangkok's leading schools.

Largely abated is the threat of managed care, which during the 1990's prompted mergers as hospitals sought to improve their negotiating clout with the insurers.