And as for traditional war stories, those have been dipping in popularity across other media for years.
Just as significantly, in its second week on release, Eastwood's film barely dipped in popularity, the sign of a collective nerve not just being struck but quivering into the body politic.
His second and third records, "Supply and Demand" and "Last Days at the Lodge," dipped in popularity, but Lee's strong fourth album, "Mission Bell," should return his folk-soul sound to prominence.
Certainly there has been an extravagance of emphasis on Rodrigo's central masterpiece, the Concierto de Aranjuez, but it remains his enduring monument in an age when classical music has tended to dip in popularity.
With Mrs. Kirchner's popularity dipping badly in rural provinces, where she has waged a protracted battle with farmers over agricultural tax policies, Mr. Kirchner decided to run for the lower house of Congress in Buenos Aires Province, which represents 37percentt of the country's total voters.
When the president's popularity was dipping and a sacrificial victim was needed, Mr Regan said he would go, as long as he could do so with dignity.
In 2000 Harrison won a gold medal at the Sydney Olympics, for which Haye failed to qualify, and agreed a high-profile and profitable deal with the BBC before his popularity dipped.
As Frank Sidebottom's popularity dipped in the mid-90s, Sievey began working as assistant to the art director at the Altrincham-based company Hot Animation, on the children's TV shows Pingu and Bob the Builder.
President Kuchma allowed the dismissal of a reformist prime minister, Viktor Yushchenko, as his own popularity dipped to single digits over allegations that he was involved in the slaying of a journalist, Georgy Gongadze, in late 2000.
