1.   An important but frequently overlooked factor in the nationwide decline in crime over the past few years has been the corresponding decline in the unemployment rate.

2.   Another is the surging influence of poll takers and marketing experts, and a corresponding decline in the power of traditional brokers like labor and peasant bosses.

3.   It requires an amendment to the Texas Constitution and calls for a corresponding decline in district property taxes.

4.   That has raised concerns about a corresponding decline in the quality of auditors as the profession reaches deeper to fill its ranks.

5.   That led to corresponding declines in other Latin American markets.

6.   The growing strength of the Republican Party and corresponding decline of the Democrats.

7.   The impetus to growth from the trade surplus will be offset by a corresponding decline in public stocks.