1.   Bent by age and illness, John Paul is no longer the energetic leader who did much to speed the demise of communism in Eastern Europe.

2.   But Internet fraud may have sped its demise, a person close to the company said.

3.   Did show quilts speed the demise of the golden age of quilting?

4.   Lack of rain compounds stress and can speed its demise.

5.   That fact may speed the demise of the Taliban regime, some hope.

6.   Any loss of control by Milosevic over the state media is likely to speed his demise after more than a decade in power.

7.   His views that Asian immigration were considered racist by some and sped his demise.