An election should not be about candidates' "likability" when a great nation is poised at the brink of decline.
A civilization's belief that its values have become universal, he warned, has been, historically, the sign that it is on the brink of decline.
Like Rembrandt, Velázquez would comb the bombast from Rubens's formal innovations and apply them to a lived circumstance — in his case, that of a refined and cruel Spanish monarchy on the brink of decline.
A civilization that sees itself on the brink of decline might use the abilities it still possesses to send probes throughout the galaxy, with its cultures, values, religions, sciences, technologies, and laws, so that they may not die along with their civilization.
He looked younger than the men around him, possibly as young as thirty-five, yet he appeared to be on the brink of a decline that might be rapid, so that, when he finally did age, he would do so overnight.
Only Grandpa senses that the seemingly prosperous city is on the brink of precipitous decline and mourns the clannishness that keeps Buffalo — and the larger American culture — from fully embracing the energy of its diverse races and classes.
Kelvin Stott in his November 2017 and May 2018 blog-posts, "Pharma's broken business model, An industry on the brink of terminal decline" created quite a stir in the pharmaceutical industry.
But when the 25-year-old Williams, now in his third season, was asked what he remembered about that brink of death, he declined to answer.
If the trend continues at this pace, more than 1,000 rhinos would be killed in 2014, putting the species on the brink of a population decline that the ministry has said could lead to the end of wild rhinos in about a decade.
Over several months last year, while Corinthian teetered on the brink of failure, the Education Department declined to inform current or potential future students that the company faced lawsuits or pending investigations from about half of the country's state attorneys general, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
