Declining calls from churches in Beverly and Charlestown, he chose instead to settle from 1783 until 1795 as minister in " Greenfield Hill ," a congregational church in Fairfield, Connecticut.

Declining to identify his molester, a 42-year-old man, Haim claimed that a rape situation had continued for two years with Feldman's knowledge.

Declining sales led to the decision to give up firearms manufacture completely in 1979, however air gun production at the Birmingham factory continued until 22 December 2005, when the company closed down.

Declining receipts lead to the passenger service being withdrawn on 15 September 1952 but services continued between Belmont and Harrow.

Nominated for " Rock Album of the Year " at the 2011 Juno Awards, Vancouver beat out Bears, Mayors, Scraps & Bones ( Cancer Bats ), Fino + Bleed ( Die Mannequin ), Life Turns Electric ( Finger Eleven ) and Population Declining ( Hail the Villain ), marking the second time Good won the award.

Declining episcopal ordination, he went to Scotland to seek it at the hands of the presbytery ; but the Scottish Church had decreed to ordain only those who settled among them.

Declining a renomination for Congress on account of financial embarrassment, he was appointed, on the accession of James K. Polk to the Presidency, to superintend the building of the new custom-house at New Orleans, Louisiana.

Declining an English Literature scholarship to Oxford, Fry instead earned her equivalent of a BA in Science in one year and went on to then receive her medical training at the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin, Ireland.

Declining at first due to feeling too busy with his composing duties and attempts to become a music producer with his Smile Please label, Uematsu agreed to join them in a single live performance as a keyboardist.

Declining the gambit is almost never seen in master play because it promises White equality at best.

*" This Could Be the Start of Something Big ", music by Steve Allen has a verse: " You're dining at ' 21 ' and watching your diet / Declining a Charlotte Russe, accepting a fig ".

Declining an offer from the Duke of Sussex that they travel to South Africa on a Navy ship, Herschel and his wife paid £ 500 for passage on the S. S. Mountstuart Elphinstone, a ship of 611 tons, which departed from Portsmouth on 13 November 1833.

Declining from the Temptation Reward is also an option, if those chosen would deem accepting it be too harmful for their life in the game.

Declining sales after the Second World War prompted Duncan to launch a comeback campaign for his trademarked " Yo-Yo " in 1962 with a series of television advertisements.

Declining Lowry's help, Alice starts searching for Jerry.

Declining to run for re-election in 1988, Stennis retired from the Senate in 1989, having never lost an election in 60 years as an elected official.

Declining to ask for quarter, Mercer chose to resist instead.

Declining an invitation to join Edward Irving in the Catholic Apostolic Church, he worked for two years as an evangelist in the Scottish Highlands.

Declining rainfall and a ten-year drought in the early 19th century set off a competition for land and water resources among the peoples of the area.

He is the author of numerous publications including The Declining Significance of Race, winner of the American Sociological Association's Sydney Spivack Award ; The Truly Disadvantaged, which was selected by the editors of the New York Times Book Review as one of the 16 best books of 1987, and received The Washington Monthly Annual Book Award and the Society for the Study of Social Problems ' C. Wright Mills Award ; When Work Disappears: The World of the New Urban Poor, which was selected as one of the notable books of 1996 by the editors of the New York Times Book Review and received the Sidney Hillman Foundation Award ; and The Bridge Over the Racial Divide: Rising Inequality and Coalition Politics.

Declining streetcar business was often somewhat less valuable than the growing consumer electric business, resulting in many streetcar systems being put up for sale.

Declining respect for the AFA led to the withdrawal of several associations from its cup in 1917.

Declining to run for reelection to a historic 28th term in 1994, Whitten retired from the House as America's longest serving Congressman ( 53 years and two months ).

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Declining oil prices in the 1950s created financial difficulties for Gilcrease.

Declining sales of the compact truck segment as a whole and the closure of the Twin Cities Assembly Plant led to the cancellation of the Ranger after the 2011 model year ; a small run of 2012 models were produced exclusively for the fleet market.

Declining to stand for re-election in 1848, Boyden returned to the practice of law.

Declining sales, due in part to the 1980s black-and-white comics market overload ( many titles of which were funny-animal comics aiming for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles market ) led to this title's cancellation.

Declining attendance forced owner Edward Maier to put the team up for sale after the 1925 season.

Declining to run for a fourth Congressional term in 1848, Barringer was appointed by President Zachary Taylor as minister to Spain, where he served from 1849 to 1853.

Declining advertising revenue was cited as the reason for the company's dissolution.

Declining rural population during the 20th century meant that Biddestone School had only around 30 pupils for many years, making its closure inevitable.

Declining emigration during the Celtic Tiger years of the early 21st century, combined with tighter US immigration restrictions, led to a decline in the number of clubs in the USA, but the subsequent collapse of the Irish economy led to a resumption of emigration and growth of international GAA clubs.

Declining television ratings on NBC had already led many to believe that the NBA's next television rights fee would be lower than previous years, and the economic recession made that a likely scenario.

Declining popularity forced the band to tour in clubs and theaters, rather than larger arenas and outdoor amphitheaters.

Declining competitiveness in tourism and especially in manufacturing are expected to act as a drag on growth until structural changes are effected.

Declining oil fields, saline aquifers, and unminable coal seams have been suggested as storage sites.

Declining attendance meant that the club's payroll could no longer support a franchise stocked largely with veterans from other clubs.

Declining exports, reduced domestic consumption and fixed asset accumulation hit Hungary hard during the Financial Crisis of 2008, making the country enter a severe recession of-6. 4 %, one of the worst economic contractions in its history.

Declining to take part in public life, such as democratic government of the polis ( city state ), was considered dishonorable.

Declining phosphate prices, the high cost of maintaining an international airline, and the government's financial mismanagement combined to make the economy collapse in the late 1990s.

Declining viewer ratings led to ABC's insistence that the identity of Laura's murderer be revealed midway through the second season.

Declining component cost has hastened implementation of two different methods.

Declining sales and increased competition during the 1970s eventually forced the company to drop its medium-and heavy-duty models, an arena the company has only recently begun to reenter.

Declining to seek re-election in 2002, he was succeeded by fellow Republican Lindsey Graham.

Declining health and ailments such as asthma, diabetes and chronic insomnia restricted his activities.

Declining wharfage trade, light industry and factories have given way to residential development, shops, restaurants, galleries, bars and most notably major office developments housing international headquarters of accountancy, legal and other professional services consultances, most notably along London Bridge City and More London between Tooley Street and the riverside.

" Type B " neighborhoods were considered " Still Desirable ", whereas older " Type C " were labeled " Declining " and outlined in yellow.

Declining consumer confidence is a sign of slowing economic growth and may indicate that the economy is headed into trouble.

Declining a UN armistice, the two sides fought intermittently on both sides of the 38th Parallel until the armistice was signed on June 26, 1953.

Declining to dispute the Post Office's " legal recognition " of Kris as Santa Claus, Harper dismisses the case.

Declining attendance led the Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton closed the K-8 Holy Trinity School in June 2006.

Declining enrollment in the district forced the closing of this building in June 1984.

Declining population added to the problem and resulted in the takeover of the town's schools by the Pittston Area School District.