Many residents became ill, apparently from the noxious gases shortly after the impact.

The residents have also become less antagonistic toward each other, he added.

Some residents, but still apparently a minority, are becoming critical.

But the use of Teladas poisoned the air and many residents became ill or died.

Local residents were becoming increasingly concerned about the loss of their country lands.

In the meantime, residents are becoming gloomy about the outcome and fearful that the promises of access might not be kept.

The residents become divided among themselves under heavy continuous pressure from their landlords, city officials, lobbyists and the media.

But the residents of camps for displaced people are becoming increasingly frustrated.

The much-trumpeted survey, according to its press release, concluded that these residents had become "complacent" on environmental issues.

The new approach is based on a belief that readers and residents have become increasingly flummoxed by politics, an idea supported in interviews here.