1.   Unfortunately, the climate deteriorated.

2.   During the latter part of the period under review, market conditions in Asia became increasingly difficult as consumer confidence fell and the retail climate deteriorated.

3.   He believes the climate will deteriorate further this year.

4.   House Co-Speaker Frank Chopp, D-Seattle, the governor and other Democrats flatly reject the notion that Boeing soured on Washington because the business climate deteriorated.

5.   However, the political climate has deteriorated since December, with the anti-terror unity in Congress now a thing of the past.

6.   But economic growth has slowed in recent months and the social climate has deteriorated with announcements by several major companies of lay-offs this year.

7.   The climate in Mostar deteriorated further Saturday after the death of a Croat policeman shot by Moslem forces.