The isolation of certain production zones.

The ideology is out there. It is not diminishing.

There were fish caught in rock pools left behind by the receding water.

The HIV and the problems it is causing are greater than the receding ice.

I believe a true understanding of Darwinism is deeply corrosive to religious faith.

In some regions, the desire to expand markets has driven regionalism.

Silly devil! said the mariner, legs wide apart, elbows akimbo, watching the receding figure.

If you look at history, in recent history, you'll see the cycles of belief in American decline come and go every 10 or 15 years or so.

But, now that fear of a global Armageddon has receded, Germany has turned inward.

We must not slip back into a business as usual approach as Fukushima recedes from memory.

With panic subsiding towards the end of 2008, gold prices resumed their downward movement.

But it is not only the waning of ideologies that has changed the context of development cooperation.

There has been a dramatic drop in technology geared education for young children, precisely when we need it the most.

With American influence at low ebb, the world is in danger of sliding into a vicious cycle of escalating violence.

In my view, not only is science corrosive to religion religion is corrosive to science.

But, as the boom recedes, a deep, debilitating weakness is becoming increasingly apparent the region s inadequate education systems.

The Challenge calls for the restoration of forest landscapes to benefit people and nature and contribute to reversing the trends of forest loss and degradation.

According to Statistics Canada, there has been an overall decline in violence as it relates to women, family and spousal violence.

Could premature de industrialization be a blessing in disguise, enabling workers in the developing world to bypass the drudgery of manufacturing?

The effectiveness of the provisions of the Montreal Protocol and its Amendments has been clearly observed in the declining atmospheric abundances of many ozone destroying species.

The economic fundamentals are far from stable, while the reduced financial tension is the fortunate outcome of an expectation game.

It is this legitimate, controlled use of the gun that has contributed greatly to the statistics of war, conflict and violence around the globe.

But, while war and force may be down, they are not out. They are simply evolving according to a new generation of rules and tactics.

The resulting perception that currency risk was declining bolstered capital inflows further.

Fortunately, elsewhere in Europe, reason seems to prevail nowadays and the resort to violence has been curtailed.

In Eastern Europe, with the withdrawal and eventual disappearance of the Soviet hegemon, the floodgates were opened, and a torrent of change washed over the region.

If you look at history, in recent history, you'll see the cycles of belief in American decline come and go every 10 or 15 years or so.

Exercising a louder voice in politics at home and abroad could mean reduced uncertainty for Chinese exporters.

But the real problem is that brand name politics is increasingly at a discount in India, much as it is in the United States.

Social, tribal, and economic ties between the provinces of Deir al Zour in Syria and Anbar in Iraq are strong and have strengthened further as control by the Syrian and Iraqi governments has loosened.

So what is the EU left with? As its hard power ebbs, its soft power, as illustrated by the Copenhagen summit, seems to be very weak.

Now that the threat of global war is receding and local conflicts are proliferating, the untiring efforts undertaken by Boutros Boutros Ghali on behalf of peace are increasingly arduous and deserve our deepest appreciation.

There was, however, no indication that trafficking had decreased. Moreover, a growing number of those who fell victim to traffickers had entered the country legally.

Likewise, France s economic growth is waning not because France has failed to undertake necessary structural reforms, but because European interest rates are too high.

Comparisons between the 1999 General Social Survey and the 1993 Survey on Violence Against Women point to a decline in the rate of spousal violence against women over time.

As Co Moderator, the Minister of International Development of Norway noted that there had been a decline in international assistance to the water sector during the last few years.

(a) Continued deterioration of the Palestinian economy and the regime of curfews and closures affecting programme performance in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, resulting in a decline in credit outreach and cost recovery

1. Radical changes have taken place in international relations since the adoption of the Charter of the United Nations, particularly with the subsidence of the cold war and the disappearance of the Eastern bloc.

As proof of its defeat, very large numbers of returnees from the rebel movement came back home, convinced that it lacked a proper objective and that it had fallen prey to the influence of foreign powers.

As the global recession ebbs, the most urgent imperative is recovery for all a recovery that is inclusive, expands employment opportunities, reduces inequalities, and sustains development processes.

In addition, a sharp rise in MONUC assessments in the current period reflected an increase in the authorized troop strength. Those increases were partially offset by the decreases in assessments for UNMISET and UNAMSIL as a result of scaled down operations in those missions.

And, while popular demonstrations have diminished largely as a result of draconian new anti protest laws the more conflict accumulates beneath the surface, the more devastating the eventual explosion will be.

A rising tide lifts all boats a receding one ignites a Hobbesian war of each against all.

And, while talk of modernization has subsided since Putin regained his presidential seat in May, corruption has not, and ordinary Russians now hold senior officials responsible for it.

He also expressed concern about the erosion of preferences, because preferences would allow a level playing field in the multilateral trading system and contribute to the achievement of the MDGs.