1.   And then there is the worry that service may deteriorate as the merged railroad struggles to cut costs.

2.   As sanitation and health services deteriorate, diseases from measles to diphtheria to syphilis have reemerged.

3.   But employees told investigators that services deteriorated to little more than social activities, as a report in The Times this week by Dan Barry and Katherine Finkelstein suggests.

4.   Even if British Airways wins its current pay battle with its cabin staff, it could still lose its war with other carriers if its service deteriorates.

5.   He downplays fears that service could deteriorate again.

6.   It will argue that labor cutbacks have already caused phone service to deteriorate, and that the merger will lead to more job cuts and even poorer service.

7.   Many retailers realize that customer service has deteriorated, but they continue to emphasize costly advertising and sale promotions over staff improvements.

8.   Some say service has deteriorated.

9.   The PUC was warned repeatedly in the past five years that Pacific Bell service had deteriorated.

10.   They have paid heavily for the perception that basic water and electrical services have deteriorated, even as vegetable prices have gone through the roof.