21.   All the major stock indexes are now showing significant declines for the year.

22.   Bush has defended his record on air quality by citing data showing some declines in toxic emissions.

23.   But despite what appears to be a wide and growing tide of violent juvenile crime, statistics show declines at the local, state and national levels.

24.   But as a practical matter, many systems were expected to show smaller declines.

25.   But manufacturing and unemployment showed declines.

26.   But now Bitner believes the three-month period will show a decline.

27.   But the scores for students in the sixth and eighth grades showed slight declines.

28.   But the rate of change has been slowing, and the most recent surveys have showed slight declines in the percentage of black journalists in both industries.

29.   Citing statistics that show declines in drug use, drug-related murders and spending on illegal drugs, McCaffrey insisted that the drug war was working.

30.   City studies also have shown a decline in cheap porn stores and video parlors.