The decline of the Ottoman Empire in the nineteenth century took place at about the same time as the decline of the Qing Dynasty in China.

And I'll do one on exponential decay as well.

All of this risks serious skill atrophy.

We can and must avoid the Garden of Eden Syndrome.

At the current moment, economic well being is shrinking.

Recent developments, including conflict and terrorism, have tended to erode the rule of law.

But as hopes of integration with the West wane, so a feeling of exclusion is growing.

However much military hardware a superpower owns, decay of the will to use it is the same thing as a decay of effective power. After a time, it ceases to overawe.

The erosion in public support for Bush s Iraq policy is stark.

The institutional foundations of stable long run fiscal policy are being eroded.

In many cases, adjustment policies and the downsizing of the public sector have led to a hollowing out of the middle class.

The Soviet economy s decline, meanwhile, reflected the diminished ability of central planning to respond to global economic change.

But repression is yielding diminishing returns for the Party, owing to a third revolutionary development the dramatic decline in the cost of collective action.

It is radioactive, decaying into helium 3 through β decay with a half life of 12.32 years.

In more recent times, however, traditional political systems have gone into decline, and this has given rise to divisive behaviour.

As a result of these unprecedented pressures, we are witnessing the degradation of habitats and the over exploitation of biological resources.

Even Havel s own successor, Václav Klaus, rails against multiculturalism and the decline of the traditional European nation state.

The continued absence of resolute action could easily drive Saudi Arabia toward irreversible decay.

As the bacteria feed upon the sugar, they convert it to acid waste that in turn decays the tooth structure.

The new wave of violence jeopardizes the achievements of recent months and could greatly erode trust between the parties.

Fifteen years ago, the United States was in the midst of what you could call its Age of Diminished Expectations.

In The Africans Triple Heritage, the Kenyan born scholar Ali Mazrui expressed concern about what he perceived to be a Garden of Eden in decay.

This process might also explain why, although many reward systems have proven successful at the beginning, their benefits quickly fade.

The nationalist Council for National Strategy published a devastating report on the decay of Russia s military under Putin.

There are many circumstances in which a nation s GNP (per capita) increases even while its wealth (per capita) declines.

After the end of formation, the subsurface layer cooled, while the interior of Ariel heated due to decay of radioactive elements present in its rocks.

After the end of formation, the subsurface layer cooled, while the interior of Umbriel heated due to decay of radioactive elements present in its rocks.

OFDI is not about hollowing out or capital flight, but is a process of engaging with globalization and the global economy.

Neither local democracy nor small societies, neither governmental checks and balances nor civil rights, can prevent the decline of critical thought that democracy seems to cause.

There is a big difference between the two. There are many circumstances in which a nation s GNP (per capita) increases even while its wealth (per capita) declines.

Free traders are dismayed. They take popular opposition to the deal as a sign that America s commitment to an open economy may be waning.

Most meteorite scientists believe that the energy released by the decay of 26Al was responsible for the melting and differentiation of some asteroids after their formation 4.55 billion years ago.

Indeed, as the effects of stimulus programs wear off, new weaknesses are emerging, such as persistent inflation in India and credit misallocation in China.

Translated to another system of units, this is nearly the same as the decay rate of cobalt 56 (56Co), whose half life is 77 days.

First, your own eyes and your reason would surely tell you before long that the communist idyll the withering away of the state and the triumph over need would never come.

By comparison with the late 1990 s, however, the space for political discourse has undeniably narrowed, crushing expectations that the country would continue on a liberalizing course.

Nor are there any signs of America s economic hegemony starting to fold under the weight of maintaining its unilateral military dominance.

Meanwhile, the political situation in Palestine characterized by the erosion of President Mahmoud Abbas s legitimacy and the region s overall instability are contributing further to the decay of the peace process.

But his secret reliance upon the Taliban card one that he has been accused of playing for years increases as his authority weakens.

This is analogous to the idea of diminishing marginal private utility of private consumption, and is relatively uncontroversial, although researchers disagree on its magnitude.

If the Chinese are responsible for extinguishing the old way of life inside Tibet, they may be unintentionally responsible for keeping it alive outside.

In countries emerging from conflict, revitalization was expected to be an integral part of the State reconstruction process, and a means of stemming the decay of State and civil society institutions.

Radio call in shows have burgeoned and public discourse is at its most lively. While public euphoria and high hopes have been dampened, Kenyans remain resolutely engaged in the democratic process.

The international community must decide whether to move forward by restoring its relevance or simply to allow the confidence of States in the Treaty to continue to erode.

So we would have a live website, that every single day of the 33 days, we would be blogging, telling stories of, you know, depleted ozone forcing us to cover our faces, or we will burn.