With its authority steadily crumbling, Baghdad has turned to Washington, asking the Obama administration to provide it with missiles and artillery.
Pakistan watchers say Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who gained power in May 2013 in the country's first-ever democratic transition, has seen his authority steadily eroded by a charismatic leader who shares his name but is no relation: army chief Gen. Raheel Sharif.
The German authorities had steadily increased the pressure to arrest him.
American authorities have steadily tracked down almost all those responsible for the 1998 bombing attacks.
In Hong Kong, Typhoon Vicente caused city authorities to steadily hoist its typhoon warnings on Monday night — eventually reaching the highest level, No. 10, on Tuesday morning — and there were useful alerts as the storm approached the territory.
The availability of community care services from local authorities has steadily decreased for all older people, from 529,000 households in 1991 to 387,000 in 2001, to 346,000 in 2006/07.
The crowd, or rather its leaders, have been keeping the army off-balance emotionally: one day it has been cheers and red carnations; the next it is insults and red blood.The setting up of parallel authorities proceeds steadily, and will speed up now the ayatollah is returned.
The aim was partly to show that the authorities were steadily bringing the crippled reactors under control.But these areas are still riddled with radiation hot spots, including schools and public parks, which will need to be cleaned before public confidence is restored.
An October report by Human Rights Watch said that two pro-Ukraine activists and five Crimean Tatars had been forcibly disappeared or gone missing in Crimea since May 2014 as the "de-facto authorities have steadily increased pressure on some members of the Crimean Tatar community".
Both the cabinet and the Chamber were determined to assert greater control over the war effort, so that the high command's authority was steadily whittled away.
