Its debt burden is considerable, and the country has seen a decline in per capita gross national product over the last 40 years.

Its industrial decline following the Second World War was particularly acute, but in recent decades the country has enjoyed something of a cultural and economic renaissance, fuelled in part by a resurgent financial services sector, the proceeds of North Sea oil and gas, and latterly a devolved parliament.

Its GDP per capita soared by 351 % in the 1970s, and after only a slight decline of 30 % in the 1980s, grew once again by 36 % in the 1990s.

Its decline was due mainly to the reduction of real and psychological differences between country and city brought about by the postwar expansion of the Australian urban population and to the increased affluence and technological changes that accompanied it.

Its decline is clearly shown by its population, which has remained almost constant since the Middle Ages.

Its slow decline starting at the end of the fourteenth century followed internal discord and revolts by vassal states, one of which, Songhai, flourished as an empire between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries.

Its popularity began to steadily decline thereafter ; the name fell out of the top 100 after 1977, and out of the top 500 after 2001.

Its growth has been linked to the decline of Mapungubwe from around 1300, due to climatic change or the greater availability of gold in the hinterland of Great Zimbabwe.

Its major industry at the time was woollen cloth, which contributed to Godalming ’ s prosperity over the next few centuries, until a sudden decline in the 17th century.

Its decline is due to loss of habitat, disturbance, predation by foxes, crows, etc., and small populations gradually dying out.

Its decline appears to be due to human habitation encroachment and introduced mammals.

Its inability to compete in the free market led to its decline and in 2000 Svit went bankrupt.

Its decline of 5. 4 % was largely attributed to the decrease in the mining and quarrying subsector, which went down by 15. 4 % due to the reduced production of natural gas in Palawan.

Its aim is to stop the decline of the Iberian lynx and other lynx species.

Its decline was probably owing to the increasing prosperity of the neighbouring city of Tyndaris.

Its mission statement is: " The mission of CWA is to protect and promote Biblical values among all citizens-first through prayer, then education, and finally by influencing our society-thereby reversing the decline in moral values in our nation.

Its decline in population and trade then contributed to the shift of the power center of the Ethiopian Empire so that it moved further inland and bequeathed its alternative place name ( Ethiopia ) to the region, and eventually, the modern state.

Its use in human medicine is now starting to decline, being replaced with sevoflurane, desflurane and the intravenous anaesthetic propofol.

Its decline from the top echelon of football began with the introduction of professionalism in July 1885, with the amateurs of Sheffield failing to compete with professional teams, losing heavily that year to Aston Villa, Nottingham Forest and Notts County.

Its growth was greatly accelerated by international enthusiasm for the Cultural Revolution in China, but it began to decline in response to controversial Chinese foreign policy decisions in the last years of Mao's life, his death and the subsequent defeat of the Gang of Four.

Its candidate in the presidential elections was Michiaki Nagatani, whose poor performance seems to signal a steep decline in the fortunes of the party.

Its steady decline began in the 16th century, when sea traffic replaced the famous Silk Road.

Its decline as a living language began after the Kalmyk people were deported en masse from their homeland in December 1943, as punishment for limited Kalmyk collaboration with the Nazis.

Its decline, however, was slowed by both an era of relative prosperity in Argentina, as well as milestones such as the inaugural of the Hotel Claridge in 1946, the Torcuato di Tella Institute's Florida Street center in 1963 ( which became a hub of Buenos Aires ' avant-garde and pop art scene during the 1960s ), and the 1971 conversion of the street into a promenade.

Its poleward progression is accelerated by the onset of the summer monsoon which is characterized by the development of lower air pressure over the warmest parts of the various continents.

Its existence accelerated the residential development of Victoria Peak and the Mid Levels.

Its introduction was accelerated as sales began slipping.

Its adoption was accelerated with the release of the 2000 feature film adaptation of Junger's book.

Its poleward progression is accelerated by the onset of the summer monsoon which is characterized by the development of lower air pressure over the warmest part of the various continents.

Its low atomic mass provides only a little protection to the electrodes against accelerated ions ; additional screening wires or plates can be used for prolonging the anode lifetime.

Its purpose was to investigate Earth's huge ' magnetotail ', the region where particles are accelerated towards the planet's magnetic poles by a process known as ' reconnection '.

Its demise was accelerated by an attempt to reclaim saltings at Blythburgh, which resulted in the estuary silting up.

Its concentrated physical development began about 1882 with the formation of the Springfield Development Company and accelerated after the fire that destroyed much of downtown Jacksonville in 1901.

Its development as a suburb accelerated with the installation of horsecars in the 1850s and again with the arrival of electric trolley lines in 1892.

Its radar screens would register Soviet missiles shortly after they are launched against the United States.

Its ancient cult of Aphrodite was the most important, after Paphos, in Cyprus, her homeland, though the ruins of Amathus are less well-preserved than neighboring Kourion.

Its design was modeled after English football stadiums with the objective being to give fans a closer view of the pitch.

Its function is to control the expulsion of feces, unwanted semi-solid matter produced during digestion, which, depending on the type of animal, may be one or more of: matter which the animal cannot digest, such as bones ; food material after all the nutrients have been extracted, for example cellulose or lignin ; ingested matter which would be toxic if it remained in the digestive tract ; and dead or excess gut bacteria and other endosymbionts.

Its initial successes were neutralized by the reverses of Abensberg, Landshut and Eckmuhl but, after the evacuation of Vienna, the archduke won a strong victory at the Battle of Aspern-Essling but soon afterwards lost decisively at the Battle of Wagram.

Its phonology includes archaisms ( unstressed and internal, where other dialects have and ) and innovations ( for before and after front-tongue vowels ).

Its amateur counterpart disappeared after only a few years.

Its membership, which had fallen to 32, 000 from a peak of 110, 000 in 1983, increased threefold after Prime Minister Tony Blair made a commitment to nuclear energy.

Its metropolitan area, sometimes called ' Chicagoland ', is the third-largest in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles, with an estimated 9. 8 million people.

Its green portion plays the role of " color belt " especially after rains when vegetation growth is at its peak.

Its text differs, however, from the written versions prepared by Lincoln before and after his speech.

Its advantage was that it was less corrosive than smokeless powders then in use as the bulkier load carried away more of the primer residue, and somewhat less fouling than straight black powder in that the bore did not require cleaning after every shot.

Its oxide was first isolated from rare earth ores in 1878 and the element was named after the city of Stockholm.

Its location is based on the spot where the ball is placed after the end of the most recent play and following the assessment of any penalty yards.

Its plot centers around Stephen Gordon, a woman who identifies herself as an invert after reading Krafft-Ebbing's Psychopathia Sexualis, and lives within the homosexual subculture of Paris.

Its name is Latin for the eighth part of a circle, but it is named after the octant, a navigational instrument.

Its alliance with the United States was especially close after the Soviets invaded the neighboring country of Afghanistan.

Its use spread throughout Europe, especially after the invention of the printing press ; but the editors introduced variations of their own choosing, some of them substantial.

Its story finds Andrew in a human colony on the colony planet Lusitania, believed to be the only remaining planet in Card's universe with an intelligent alien race after the xenocide of the " Buggers " in Ender's Game.

Its maiden flight was on April 4, 1983, and it completed nine missions before breaking apart 73 seconds after the launch of its tenth mission, STS-51-L on January 28, 1986, resulting in the death of all seven crew members.

In an interview on the NPR program All Things Considered, Sokal said he was inspired to submit the hoax article after reading Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels With Science ( 1994 ), by Paul R. Gross and Norman Levitt.

Its use became popularized after publication of the anthology, Sex Work: Writings By Women In The Sex Industry in 1987.

Its current constitution was adopted on 7 November 1982 after the Turkish constitutional referendum.

Its chameleon circuit is faulty, leaving it stuck in the shape of a 1960s-style London police box after a visit to London in 1963.