At its low point recently attendance dipped to nearly half of the 10,000 annual visitors who came in the years after the museum opened in 1995.
In aggregated surveys conducted by the Pew Research Center in 2012 and reported in the Pew Forum's October 2012 report "'Nones' on the Rise," the share of self-identified Protestants has dipped to just under half (48percentt).
The proportions of students who thought they had reached the required levels was lower, sometimes dipping to below half.
The median existing-home sales price, meaning half sold for more and half for less, dipped to $150,800 in July from $152,200.
Total Indian jewelry demand for the first half of this year dipped to 263 tons from 378 tons for the year-earlier period.
For the first time, Pew also reported that the number of Americans identifying themselves as Protestant dipped below half, at 48 per cent.
Moody's, a ratings agency, expects Kenya's GDP growth, previously forecast at 6% this year, to dip by half a point.
Europe's double-dip downturn, in which close to half of its economies fell back into contraction before recovering fully, did not help.America's crisis was mild by comparison.
She dipped a half-cup measurer, the only measuring device to make an appearance as she made the dish, into a container of granulated sugar, swept the excess with her index finger, and showered the sugar evenly over the cut fruit.
But Centrica, the owner of British Gas, has dipped 1.6p to 312.6p as first half profits fell 35%.
