11.   Chilean stocks traded mixed as optimism declined over the impact on profits of the recent purchase of a Brazilian utility by Enersis SA.

12.   Cousins said his hearing has gradually declined over the years from strain and pressure problems.

13.   Defense budgets have declined over the last decade.

14.   Drug use among adults has declined over the past decade.

15.   Eid also noted that the frequency of torture declined over the two years covered by the study.

16.   Even as the number of railroads declined over the past decade, shipping rates fell.

17.   Guccione said the number has declined over the years partly because the number of greyhounds being bred each year is falling.

18.   He played well in his debut against the Tennessee Titans but declined over the next four weeks before eventually losing his job to Steve Stenstrom on Wednesday.

19.   He noted that the number of abortions performed in the United States had declined over the last eight years.

20.   He said that the commercial vacancy rate has declined over the past three years, while rents have started to rebound.