1.   Until the onset of his final illness, some ten days before his death, there is no evidence that his health was failing.

2.   And his health was failing.

3.   And despite a vague awareness by some Americans that his health was failing, he seemed invincible to most, both physically and politically.

4.   Andropov and Chernenko were actually promoted to the leadership by fellow members of the Soviet Politburo even though their health was failing.

5.   As her health failed, so did her faith.

6.   As his health failed after a heart operation, death in the form of animal and human skulls also increasingly overshadowed his work.

7.   Before his health failed him, he was doing archival work at Canisius.

8.   Before his health failed he taught for several years at Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg.

9.   But Bittner, whose health was failing, did not properly integrate the executive teams and financial operations of his acquisitions.

10.   But his health is failing rapidly.