21.   Gross margin will stabilize, average selling prices for its microprocessors will decline at a slower rate and revenue will increase, Wu said.

22.   He identified himself as the go-between on Saturday, but he declined at that time to discuss his involvement.

23.   Ho said the amount of virus in the blood and plasma dropped quickly at first, then continued to decline at a slower rate.

24.   In the U.S., unit-labor costs are declining at only half the Canadian rate.

25.   It is no mere coincidence that central authority has declined at the same time as free markets have grown in Russia and China.

26.   It says service is declining at the biggest carriers, despite strong profits.

27.   Lundwall had at first declined to cooperate because prosecutors insisted he plead guilty to a felony such as obstruction of justice.

28.   Lundwall had at first declined to cooperate because prosecutors insisted he plead guilty to a felony.

29.   Minority applications, already small, declined at UC this year.

30.   Most department stores surveyed by the association this month expect sales in December to decline at about the same rate as in November.