This year US officials reported that al-Qaida's fundraising ability had "deteriorated substantially" since a government crackdown.
On the other hand, black Democrats' opinion of Hillary Clinton has deteriorated substantially (her favorable rating among them is down 36 percentage points over the same period).
"The secondary market has deteriorated substantially, so we are modifying our business model and further reducing costs for this difficult environment".
The latest round of cuts was ordered by Mark Page, the city's budget director, who wrote to city agencies that "the city's tax revenue outlook has deteriorated substantially" since the city passed its budget in June.
Last week, Itemus, a Toronto company that acquired the Shooting Gallery on May 1, said that the financial situation at its new subsidiary "has deteriorated substantially," putting pressure on the parent company's resources.
A February cable to Richard C. Holbrooke, the administration's special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, said that "sensitive reporting indicates that al-Qaida's ability to raise funds has deteriorated substantially, and that it is now in its weakest state since 9/11". 1 2 3 Next Page » Andrew W. Lehren contributed reporting from New York.
The security situation had deteriorated substantially since the bombing in August 2003 of the UN compound in Baghdad that killed 22 UN staff members, and November 2004 was one of the deadliest months since the U.S. invasion began, in terms of both coalition forces and civilian casualties.
But that particular story led Keith on a tangent, looking into why he believes black people tend to end up in need of mental health care when their condition has deteriorated substantially.
Temeraire had deteriorated substantially during her long period spent laid up, and she was taken into dry dock on 22 May to repair and refit, starting with the replacement of her copper sheathing.
It is widely accepted that Romero Barceló lost the elections because of this case, since his public opinion rating had deteriorated substantially during late 1984 as the investigations progressed, and since his political rivals used his defense of the officers as an indication of a possible conspiracy.
