61.   But in recent decades, the American Indian running tradition has faltered.

62.   But in recent decades, Woolworth seemed to supply just nostalgia.

63.   But recent decades have shown that terror will not move Britain to turn its back on Northern Ireland.

64.   But several changes of ownership over recent decades left it money-losing and demoralized.

65.   But several snowplow drivers have been killed in recent decades.

66.   But the decay of many inner cities in recent decades has put pressure on municipal budgets at the same time that corporate support for the arts has grown.

67.   But the new vogue also reflects a wider dissatisfaction with what many describe as the introversion and specialization of academic life in recent decades.

68.   But the presence in recent decades of high profile political scandal is another.

69.   But the river has fallen on hard times in recent decades.

70.   But this kind of punitive approach is precisely what has caused so many American Catholics to turn away from their faith in recent decades.