1.   Even in the final years of the Soviet Union, the managers were stepping into the void created by waning party power.

2.   Even with their waning economic power, ranchers still carry a lot of clout in Arizona.

3.   How quickly the two Bills went from dominant to dejected, kicking around their big Washington houses, screening movies, playing golf, wistful about their waning power.

4.   This century began with nationalistic wars in the Balkans, taking advantage of the waning Ottoman power.

5.   But a waning imperial power has little leverage over a rising China.

6.   He was forced to resign last year from both posts, reportedly because of the waning power of the Deng clan.