11.   But recently relations have again worsened.

12.   But relations have worsened in recent months to the point that their partnership is virtually dead.

13.   But talks for further aid were suspended when relations worsened amid rising political and military tension.

14.   Cuban-Spanish relations have worsened since the election of Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar in May.

15.   For a year, there was no question of visas and passports, but relations worsened and the divide turned bloody.

16.   If relations between the U.S. and China worsen, it would create another Cold War.

17.   Japan-China relations have further worsened in recent weeks in a territorial dispute over a group of islets in the East China Sea.

18.   Now, analysts expect relations to worsen between the longtime nuclear rivals.

19.   Relations worsened in May when India conducted five underground nuclear tests and Islamabad retaliated with six of its own tests.

20.   Relations have worsened since Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui visited Cornell University, his alma mater, last June.