111.   He said Republicans, especially Ronald Reagan, have had considerable support from rank-and-file union members in recent decades and are now making connections with their leaders.

112.   He retains no publicity agent and has no truck with the myth-making mechanisms that have grown up in recent decades.

113.   Hingis is threatening to match the other teen-agers who have dominated tennis in recent decades.

114.   Honduras was spared the bloody civil wars suffered in recent decades by Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala.

115.   I am convinced that journalists have raised their ethical standards in recent decades.

116.   In a lifelong study of national legal systems, Schlesinger studied their compatibility as national economies took on global dimensions in recent decades.

117.   If there has been a slimier political act in Washington in recent decades, I do not remember it.

118.   If there is any consolation to be had from this catalogue of wars, it is that recent decades have seen the tide of conflict ebb slowly backwards.

119.   In general, he added, low raw-materials prices in recent decades have discouraged investments in new production.

120.   In fact, the shame has grown even more powerful in recent decades.