Donations, which once accounted for 25 percent of operating expenses, now cover less than 15 percent, he said.

He attributed the county's predicament to the failing dog track, which once accounted for one-third of the budget.

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The peculiarities that once accounted for the distance and magic of Southern literature are mostly gone.

The renters of New Orleans, who once accounted for more than half the city's population, are on their own.

It once accounted for 40% of the whole revenue, but the freight operation ceased in spring 2006.

Federal funds, which once accounted for 10 percent of the theaters' budgets, is now less than half that.

At the same time, newspapers have been pinched by consolidation of large department stores, which once accounted for substantial advertising sums.

Defense once accounted for well more than half the economic output for the southeastern region.

The company's core manufacturing business, once accounting for 50 percent of sales, now represents about 25 percent.