1.   But the innuendo surrounding the tapes came after weeks of deteriorating relations.

2.   Colombian stocks fell for a second day in thin trading amid signs of deteriorating relations with the U.S. over narcotics.

3.   However, other U.S. companies including aircraft producers Boeing Co. and McDonnell Douglas are concerned that deteriorating relations with Beijing could damage their sales in China.

4.   In a cruel miscalculation, China has seized an American citizen and human rights activist, Harry Wu, and made him a victim of deteriorating relations with Washington.

5.   It also follows deteriorating relations between the two countries regarding the drug trade.

6.   It is less capable of sustaining political shocks stemming from the American and British confrontation with Iraq or the deteriorating relations between Israel and the Palestinians.

7.   Like Longbine at the Moose Lodge, she suggested the dispute must be viewed in context of deteriorating relations between the dance hall factions.

8.   The deteriorating relations with Jordan prompted Israeli President Ezer Weizman to announce Thursday that he planned a visit there in a week or two.

9.   The invitation follows months of deteriorating relations between the two countries and worsening tensions between China and Taiwan.

10.   The sanctions come amid deteriorating relations between the two countries over the drug trade.