1.   Foreign investment and business development in Belarus have declined steadily under Lukashenko, and a recent crackdown on small business has been especially harsh.

2.   Implying that Jordan Marsh had declined under previous ownership, Kahn said the upgrading had sufficiently advanced to merit a name change.

3.   Overall tax payments for most Israelis would decline under the new rules, the government said.

4.   The country gradually declined under a statist economic doctrine, a series of military coups, widespread corruption, and hyperinflation.

5.   The idea that military spending suddenly declined under President Clinton is also based partly on myth.

6.   The Pentagon budget began declining under President Bush and has risen in recent years under Clinton and his Republican defense secretary, William Cohen.

7.   The Pentagon budget began declining under President Bush and has risen in recent years under Clinton and his Republican defense secretary.

8.   The state rolls, which expanded under Dukakis, have declined under Weld.

9.   True, crime was also declining under the previous commissioner, William Bratton, and the mayor deemed him expendable.

10.   Lieberman said in the interview that military spending began declining under President Reagan and is rising under Clinton-Gore.