LAST week's election saw no turnaround in the state's decades-long trend of declining voter participation.
This follows a consistent trend of declining violence that dates back decades.
The trend of declining enrollments in large urban school districts has existed for years.
This trend of declining migration from rural India to cities isn't limited to Mumbai.
And key portions of the disk drive business remained too soft to halt a long-running trend of declining sales.
In that case, at least, skimping on housebuilding was sensible.Yet the trend of declining public and private investment remains clear.
The Oakland black vote is losing potency as the city mirrors a nationwide trend of declining inner-city black populations.
But Mr. Advani said he would wait until next week to see if he could see a trend of declining levels of infiltration.
Over all, the analysis found that cities that bucked the trend of declining white population grew rapidly in the 1990's.
In state after state they have turned out in record numbers, overturning a 50-year trend of declining participation in electoral politics.
Half of all ODA should also be given to the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to reverse the current trend of declining aid to those nations.
