21.   His family had declined in power before I left.

22.   Farmland birds are declining in numbers and contracting their range because of modern farming techniques, according to the British Trust for Ornithology.

23.   Barn owls have been declining in Britain for years as hedges where their food lives are ripped out.

24.   Both Nazi sympathies and anti-Semitism had declined in the past decade, in part reflecting the deaths of Germans old enough to remember Nazi Germany before the war.

25.   Although northern right whales have slowly fought their way back from near-extinction, the population has begun to decline again in the past few years.

26.   Also, in the period in which arrests declined, there were major campaigns against drunken driving, notably that of Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

27.   Also today, a survey showed the percentage of Americans who were delinquent on their mortgage payments declined in the second quarter and may be headed even lower.

28.   Also, the thinking that electricity demand will decline in an economic downturn is not borne out by history.

29.   Although chemical earnings declined in the quarter, they remained much higher on a full-year basis for the energy companies.

30.   Also today, the government reported initial jobless claims for last week fell and industrial production declined in May.