Japanese prosecutors have released the captain of a Chinese fishing boat, two weeks after a collision in disputed waters sparked a dramatic deterioration in ties between Beijing and Tokyo.
In the 1960s and '70s neighborhood deterioration sparked "insurance fires" that claimed more than 100 buildings.
Geithner said the attempted withdrawal of funds by Bear Stearns customers and counter-parties following the initial loan sparked an unforeseen deterioration of the firm's ability to move forward.
The killing sparked a dramatic deterioration in the relationship between North Korea and Malaysia, which once had relatively strong ties.
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The ensuing tit-for-tat might seem quaint by comparison to the brutal insults of the Republican nomination battle, but deterioration in public civility between Democrats is sparking growing concern that it could harm attempts to bring the party back together for November's general election.
The discovery of the ozone hole in the mid-1980s — a large-scale deterioration of ozone occurring mainly over Antarctica — sparked huge international concern, particularly for residents of the Southern Hemisphere, because ozone is the gas that protects the Earth from harmful ultraviolet radiation.
Barack Obama's stirring election victory was already distant memory for European traders on Thursday, as economic deterioration worldwide came back into focus and sparked a sell-off of shares.
Physical aggression is the spark that acts as a detonator, but the psychological damage to workers is the result of a chronic deterioration in the quality of occupational life.
"What's going to prevent a big rally from being sparked is that, yes, there are many signs of stabilization, but there are also still signs of deterioration," said Stephen J. Massocca, president of Pacific Growth Equities, an investment bank in San Francisco.
There has been deterioration.
