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when nearly one-quarter of the workforce was unemployed, the divorce rate had declined by around 25% from 1929 But this doesn't mean people were suddenly happier with their marriages.

Students' performance declined

A Moon Express representative declined to comment on the story, but noted that the company is very optimistic about its proposal.

As for the organization itself, it declined a request for an interview.

As water tables have fallen and irrigation wells have gone dry, China's wheat crop, the world's largest, has declined by 8% since it peaked at 123 million tons in 1997.

For example, sleep duration has declined from some eight hours in the 1950s to seven in recent years.

The number of British films being made has declined in the past few years, according to new figures.

From December 1928 to December 1929, total household wealth declined only 3%.

Each day that Elop spent in charge of Nokia, the company's market value declined by $23 million, making him, by the numbers, one of the worst CEOs in history.

Sadly, the data also showed face-to-face socializing and sports activity had declined over the period covered by the survey.

The researchers conclude that electronic communication was the only adolescent activity that increased at the same time psychological well-being declined.

Although her description sounded wonderful, the price was beyond our range, so we declined.

At the beginning, when friends offered to take her through her paces, I declined because I knew they had their own households to deal with.

But the amount of time spent in reading each session has declined, from closer to an hour or more to closer to a half hour per session.

Explain why the number of certain species has declined.

The number of trees larger than two feet across has declined by 50 percent on more than 46, 000 square miles of California forests, the new study finds.