The last time the chamber was deadlocked, in the summer of 2009, the situation deteriorated so much that the two parties conducted rival sessions simultaneously, shouting over each other in the Senate chamber.
The noble Cilnii family at Arretium called for help with a revolt of the lower classes in 302 bce, while at Volsinii the situation deteriorated so badly that the Romans marched in and razed the city (265 bce), resettling its inhabitants in Volsinii Novi (probably Bolsena).
The situation deteriorated so much that some of the magistrates resigned, something unheard of in an institution of this kind.
While a person's financial situation steadily deteriorates, so does that individual's physical and mental health.
The university's vice chancellor, Ihron Rensburg, struggled to explain how the situation had deteriorated so quickly.
Moving effectively against the warlords will be difficult now that the United States has allowed the situation to deteriorate so far.
But the level of frustration among Democrats now has pushed many of them, including Mr. Reid, to believe that the situation has deteriorated so badly that it can be fixed only by doing something they once would have never considered.
The report, the existence of which was first mentioned in Time magazine this week, was never circulated and is now considered outdated by United Nations officials in New York precisely because the security situation has deteriorated so much that the findings are obsolete.
"Secretary Powell and President Bush were disengaged for 15 months, and they cannot expect to come in and wag their finger at everyone at this point, when the situation has deteriorated so badly, and expect to come out with something," said Martin Indyk, who served in the Clinton White House and State Department as a Middle East peace strategist and then as ambassador to Israel.
In past weeks, Gruloos-Ackermans said, Haiti's security situation had deteriorated so much that humanitarian workers had very little reach in large parts of the country.
