31.   Federal spending in Aiken County rose slightly last year after years of steady decline, the U.S. Census Bureau reported this week.

32.   For a few years, the Gulf war helped stem the steady decline in enlistment since the end of the Cold War.

33.   For a few years, the gulf war stemmed a steady decline in enlistment, in a way that ethnic cleansing in Yugoslavia has so far failed to do.

34.   For quite some time I have been feeling very uncomfortable with this investment, due to a steady decline in share prices.

35.   Four weeks into the NFL season, the most disturbing trend for the Dallas Cowboys has been the steady decline of their once-overpowering running game.

36.   From there on in, it was a steady decline until the Tompkinses left.

37.   For the last six years, federal officials have announced a steady decline in the teen-age birth rate.

38.   Glickman, in a speech to the Farm Credit Council yesterday, bemoaned the steady decline in the number of U.S. farms and the increasing size of operations.

39.   He played five more years, bouncing from team to team with his numbers in a steady decline before leaving the game.

40.   His party is increasingly divided, facing mounting corruption scandals and struggling to halt a steady decline in its popularity.