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Since then, live performance has waxed and waned as a business, but it seems to be holding up so far during this recession.

He took a stumbling step back and the light of the sphere glared and then waned to a dim glow.

However, if I waned while sitting on my bed, I can last at least 30 minutes; sometimes I even lasted for more than an hour!

Lando's wealth waxed and waned over the next few years, as he came into possession of such oddities as a used starship lot on Nar Shaddaa.

But increasingly it appears that commitment has (waned), and Australia is less able to deal with its neighbours.

Once the excitement of candles and no showers had waned, the horror of the situation sank in and they slunk off to bed.

With so much at stake at home, public enthusiasm for a more activist Japanese role in global affairs has waned considerably.

A high-level delegation has arrived for talks apparently aimed at trying to revive a similar relationship that has waned in recent years.

Competition between EU financial centres is fading, just as the rivalries between London, Manchester and Liverpool once waned.

The fighting had waned by early Sunday evening, and a spokesman for the rebels said they would not attack the city or the airport.

Profits continued to grow but the rating attached to RBS's shares waned as investors worried about the aggressive approach to acquisitions.

Sensitive as he is to the old charge of Tory heartlessness over the NHS, Mr Cameron's own enthusiasm waned as the row intensified.

Such crimes are extremely rare in Indonesia. But public interest quickly waned as the killer's trail appeared to cool.

As the fortunes of his various potential challengers have waxed and waned, Mr Romney has maintained a statesmanlike indifference.

There have been fewer stories of his magics, and the influence of the serpent god has not waned .

Anyone who tells you that America is in decline or that our influence has waned, does not know what they are talking about.

And the letters revealed that his passion for his wife Winnie never waned.

The darkness waned and a faint auroral glow began to appear in the east.

The way his confidence waned has been a real cause for concern, though.

But, now in government and thus on the receiving end of the media's lash, the ANC's passion for a free press has waned.

The Martian environment began to change, however, as sulfur built up, the waters became acidic and the planet's geologic activity waned.

Two decades later, however, enthusiasm for democracy and capitalism east of the former Iron Curtain appears to have waned considerably.

He said his sexual desire had waned dramatically over the past three years.

As the politics and rivalries of the seven human nations waxed and waned, the line of Guardians kept its constant vigil against chaos.

In the last century baby names that were popular one year generally waned the next.

Since the lost decade, Japan's labour force has become more flexible, as the post-war tradition of lifetime employment has waned.

As belief in spirit possession waned, the practice of dressing up like hobgoblins, ghosts, and witches took on a more ceremonial role.

But its influence waned in recent decades as it focused on building closer ties with United States and Europe.

Interest in sugar waned after prospects for a bumper harvest from Brazil and India offset expectations of supply shortages.

The Chinese bank's need for the capital injection also waned over the two years that the deal was stuck in limbo.

As the 19th century waned, steam and the Suez Canal meant that there was less and less call on Ascension for services to shipping.

But, as anyone who has heard me mangling one in a karaoke booth will testify, my enthusiasm has not waned with time.

During the two years in college when her depression waned, so did her skin problems.

His sunken eye-pits were of morbid hue, and the light in his eyes had waned.

As I got older and passed through medical school and residency, my thirst for alcohol waned considerably.

The career of Shunsuke Nakamura has waned after the move from Celtic to Espanyol and he is now with Yokohama.

The Usd was stable in the Asian session, as the rally in risk appetite waned, with US stocks closing lower, while Treasury markets gained.

His temper fell far shy of its usual pitch and then waned like a fast-moving storm.

to diminish research endownments However, my enthusiasm waned. The time I spent at exercises gradually diminished.

However, my enthusiasm waned. The time I spent at exercises gradually diminished.

The demographic momentum that fueled huge flows of Mexican migration to the United States has waned, and will wane much more in the future.

As austerity measures, including cuts in defence spending, begin to bite, orders for its flagship Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft have waned.

As our celebrations waned, we began to focus on Asia.

Over the last three billion years, the moon has continued its journey out into space. Its influence has waned, but it hasn't disappeared.

The movement, for lack of a better term, was coined econophysics, although in recent years its popularity has waned.

Activity has also waned from the first quarter this year, when companies rushed to issue bonds to take advantage of low interest rates.

But that enthusiasm has since waned, amid evidence that the component makers are not immune to the global recession.

The size of the middle class has waxed and waned throughout U. S. history, as has income inequality.

The popularity of the movie has not waned till today. The music of the movie was fantastic.

Over the decades, the fears have waxed and waned, but questions about their safety are still debated.

This was the second quarter in a row that consumer spending had waned, the first time this has happened since 1995.

The IT-induced productivity revolution, which sent potential output soaring at the end of the 1990s, has waned.

But interest in using these micronutrients to boost immunity waned with the introduction of antibiotics.

In modern China, general education waxed and then waned, and gradually stepped on the road of revival in recent years.

The explanations for why Modern Times waxed and waned quickly were different, insufficiency and simplistic.

His dangerous vision was of Japan and China marching hand-in-hand as American economic and military power waned.

Even where liberal democracy and the market economy have taken root, initial enthusiasms and boundless optimism have waned.

But the compassion waned as some supporters blamed the attack on a climate of hostility created by judges, rivals and the media.

Orders for machinery and primary and fabricated metals rose, while demand for computers and appliances waned.

The elemental power of sexuality has also waned in American popular culture.

The New York-based Human Rights Watch last week waned that public dissent in Iran had gone underground following the brutal crackdown.

Their power waned, in the human realm as well as the Garou.

The power of the landowners waned during this period.

The European Union's "soft power" on its eastern rim has waned as enlargement fatigue has grown.

The panic that propelled Mr. Obama to the presidency has waned. There is deep concern, to be sure.

Unfortunately, the two times of Enlightenment Literature were both a flash, and waned soon.

Public tolerance of underworld crimes has waned following a series of lethal shootings, some of which have involved non-yakuza victims.

Then better ionic conductors and more promising designs emerged, and its popularity waned.

The Usd was stronger in the Asian session, as risk appetite waned on the back of weaker than expected economic data.

The number of spots on its surface has waxed and waned in cycles that last, on average, 11 years.

Already, two of four tech firms hoping to price this week postponed their plans as investor demand has waned.

Now, some see the rise of other nations and our economic troubles here at home as signs that American power has waned.

Their rocky hides had softened and became smooth skin, and their powers over stone and earth had waned.

The anger he felt at his betrayal by Starscream never waned .

As a result, athletes receive their rewards long after they compete, when attention has waned and sponsorship deals have evaporated.

Volume and market breadth also started to fray, and as those supportive elements started to give way, the market's strength waned.

Everyone has valleys in life, when your spark has waned a bit, and you've forgotten what it's like to love your calling.

By then the mass appeal of commercial paper and credit-default swaps may have waned .

But America's popularity has waned even in Europe and other formerly very friendly regions.

Now that the euphoria has waned, hard political realities come into view.

A number of Arab 'stalking horses' appeared as support for Hosni waned.

A man who speaks disrespectfully may find that his partner's enthusiasm for intimacy has waned.

That won an immediate laugh from the cast and crew on the first take, but enthusiasm waned after the first few hearings.

A report says U. S. consumer confidence waned last December.

Today IS interest in building global institutions has clearly waned.

Still, profits have waned and the firm is not immune to the crisis around it.

In recent years the popularity of portable pocket televisions has waned.

Over the past decade, that cleantech-as-Internet mantra has waxed and waned, but it hasn't disappeared.

After Little's expulsion, my interest in Gates had waned almost completely.

Harry Potter fans can enter and be sorted by the Hat and waned by Ollivander.

Since then, the debate about how and when to use military power has waxed and waned.

In the following years , the prince's star waned in Washington amid the backlash against Saudi Arabia .

Office rentals in central Taipei fell after Mr. Chen became president in 2000 as business sentiment waned.

As the world's exchange rates went haywire, fortunes were lost and waned.

Throughout history empires have waxed and waned .

This triggered an atmosphere of mistrust that never waned.

Yet, it seems that initial enthusiasm for reform has waned.

The Antarctic Ice Sheet waxed and waned, and global sea level rose and fell.

The 1996 Olympic team in Atlanta was well-behaved but bored. Interest waned . The big story in U.

You've performed this song countless times in the past 18 months and obviously sales of the track and airplay have not waned.

Their popularity waned during that period.

6By then the mass appeal of commercial paper and credit-default swaps may have waned.

However, as time passes this perspective has waned.

When the day waned and it darkened, I found that the flower had faded, but the pain remained.

The popularity of the film stars waxed and waned.

But once TB was eliminated from the rich world, interest waned.

In fact Hamas's popularity has waned to some degree since the last Israel-Hamas war, according to people who spend time in Gaza.

So the immortal to taught him chess, but after a short while Wu Kang's enthusiasm again waned.

There is little doubt that Hillary Clinton's star has significantly waned since January.

It was not until around 1898 that O'Keefe's fortunes waned.

Even voters who are planning to vote for Mr. McCain say their enthusiasm has waned.

With the passing of years my enthusiasm waned.

Whatever the reason, the army's role in business has waned.

My enthusiasm in technology waned.

Capello needs to refresh a dynamism that has waned.

But in recent months enthusiasm has waned.

We remember a beauty that faded, a love that waned.

Now his ambition has grown but his power has waned.

Like many 'Avatar' fans, Domolky's enthusiasm hasn't waned with repeated exposure to the film.

Enthusiasm for mah-jongg has waxed and waned over the past century.

The country waned in influence.

Of late, however, the family's influence has waned.

He has trimmed production over the past three months to 70% capacity from 90% as demand waned.

This is even as it is increasingly clear that Al Qaeda's star has waned.

Part of the afternoon had waned.

My interest in the problem waned.

In late 1991, growth waned after a recovery had started.

Ice cover waxed and waned.

But those hopes waned as the session wore on, and China Eastern ended 10. 5 per cent lower at HK$8. 68.

Philosophers and priests in ancient times taught that the moon was related to birth, growth, and death because it waxed and waned.

In recent years, however, Mr Jiang's clout has waned and, at 85, he has looked increasingly frail.

Is ancient China's science and technology waned from a certain time?

The HKPA's influence in Hong Kong politics has waned over the years.

Analysis of the failing reason of the tooth-color material repaired the waned teeth

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the severity of the pain waned

The bodies waned, buried in the mountain hill side