Waning gibbous

Waning crescent

Hear me my sons my strength is waning now.

That trend now appears to be waning.

This negative trend shows no sign of waning.

Although this model is unsustainable, China s over reliance on investment is showing no signs of waning.

Yet the traditional fishing technique is waning, with only four fishing vessels still using this method.

I thought we were gonna enjoy the waning twilight together.

In strategic terms, the waning influence of a paralyzed Europe is also very bad news for America.

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

Europe s temporizing approach to the crisis cannot work indefinitely. It is not just confidence in Europe s periphery that is waning.

It is not just confidence in Europe s periphery that is waning. The survival of the euro itself is being put in doubt.

Detractors ultimately fall back on the argument that multilateral lending to middle income countries is waning along with demand.

RIGA For decades, people have bemoaned the waning of Europe s global political power.

That should be enough for me to spend my waning years in Mazatlán.

As China is now able to harness its own technological might to produce sophisticated weapons, Russia s usefulness in this area is waning fast.

China s economic and military power is rising. The US, on the other hand, continues to dominate militarily, while its economic influence is waning.

48. Political support for development assistance has been waning in almost every donor country.

But that mindset is waning, and government and business leaders now routinely warn of bubbles and adopt policies to counter them.

Nevertheless, though Saudi Arabia s soft power is waning, its massive oil wealth will likely ensure that it remains a regional heavyweight.

But it is also the EU s growing complexity that is at the root of voters waning enthusiasm, so their indifference is a matter for serious concern.

CAMBRIDGE Since 1976, the US dollar s role as an international currency has been slowly waning.

It enters this end game facing diminished resources and waning political will within the international community.

Conflicts are waning in much of the continent, thanks to the efforts of the African Union.

I want this day to be ours, just you and I... alone in the waning twilight.

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.

The claim of unlawful discrimination is maintained even though Portugal's influence and control within Angola in this time period was waning, if not eclipsed.

If this trend continues, the EU s waning influence will inevitably weaken its economic position and reduce its competitiveness.

Despite his numerous achievements as president, Lee is trumpeting his nationalist anti Japanese credentials in the waning days of his term, which ends in February 2013.

The waning influence of Istanbul in the Gulf forced it to make concessions without much to gain in return.

But her own interest in it is waning I feel that this topic has been given more space than it deserves. I have become bored of it.

The political and economic significance of all the mid sized European powers is waning, and they are shrinking relative to the US and the rising giants of Asia.

At a time when strong, coordinated action is needed to stave off financial collapse in the European Union, the popular support that drove European integration over the last six decades is waning.

Recent court rulings in the United States have given the vultures the upper hand, and may make debt restructuring even more difficult, while enthusiasm for bailouts is clearly waning.

T he IMF was created in the waning days of World War II, essentially as a United States West European partnership.

His relationship with Saleh frayed and his influence waning, al Ahmar understood that his loyalty to Saleh had become a liability.

The refugees often feared that the Agency's financial difficulties indicated that the international community's commitment to the refugee issue was waning.

But this dominance is waning, as evidenced by its declining use as an official reserve currency, as well as for invoicing goods and services, denominating international claims, and anchoring exchange rates.

This suggests that Russia, unable to compete with the world s fast developing countries, will have to direct its efforts towards protecting its waning assets.

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.

Moreover, the nation was a pawn in the East West conflict Salvadorians were buffeted by a turbulent sea of waning ideologies and global contradictions.

A victory for Humala would seem to confirm the waning appeal of the neo liberal policies that have dominated the continent since the 1980 s.

Government initiatives to rebuild infrastructure to replace waning private investment with state investment in health care, climate control and energy conservation do not have that downside.

Meanwhile, not only is fiscal austerity pushing the eurozone periphery into economic free fall, but the loss of competitiveness there will persist as relief at the waning prospect of disorderly defaults strengthens the euro s value.

DUBLIN Europe s needs and Europeans desires are at odds. At a time when strong, coordinated action is needed to stave off financial collapse in the European Union, the popular support that drove European integration over the last six decades is waning.