In "The Lamp of Memory," written in 1848, John Ruskin, a pioneer of what has been called the "anti-restoration movement," argued that buildings and objects must be left to decline, even die — that the "greatest glory of a building . . . is in its Age".
He said the course, which covers more than 150 acres, used to be one of the best municipal courses in the country but had been left to decline in recent years.
For years, those of us who toiled in the backwater of media reporting — covering people who cover other people — were left to trace the slow-motion decline of mainstream media and the inconsequential pratfalls of nascent digital efforts.
In the late-15th century, Berkhamsted Castle became increasingly unfashionable and was left to fall into decline.
Whether they praised or criticized Japan's methods, the most influential books in the 1980's -- with titles like "Japan as No. 1" -- predicted that Japan would dominate virtually every industry worth being in, and that a United States in decline would be left to play a supporting role.
When the bill came, his credit card was declined and Ms. Namkung was left to pay the $250 check.
Despite those inroads into South Africa's batting lineup, England were left ruing their failure to review a declined lbw shout against Dean Elgar when he was trapped in front by Ben Stokes on 56.
At the same time, the industry is continuing to search for new products that could replace the void being left by declining CD sales.
