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 decline accelerated after the 1982 sale of UPI by the Scripps company.

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 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 light curve can be approximated by adding together a number of sine waves, with periods that range between 0. 8 and 1. 5 hours.

Its porosity is 5 – 30 %.

Its trade deficit has been increasing at a large rate since 1997 ( See chart ) and increased by 49. 8 billion dollars between 2005 and 2006, setting a record high of 817. 3 billion dollars, up from 767. 5 billion dollars the previous year.

Its lung capacity is 5, 000 litres ( 1320 U. S. gallons ).

Its 2002 / 2003 / 2004 funding includes around $ 10 million for economic development, up to $ 5 million for the development of democratic institutions, about $ 5 million for the return of population affected by war and between 2 and 3 million dollars for the " mitigation of adverse social conditions and trends ".

Its 35 rows can seat 5, 000 spectators.

Its watershed has an area of 5, 498 km².

* Discordian texts and scriptures include Principia Discordia, Black Iron Prison, Zen Without Zen Masters, Liber Malorum, Book 5 ( The Zenarchist's Cookbook ), Zenarchy Unapologia, The Book of the Apocalypso, The Book of Eris, The Book of Inconveniences, The Honest Book of Truth ( portions of which are used in Principia Discordia ), Jonesboria Discordia, Metaclysmia Discordia, Novus Ordo Discordia, Principia Harmonia, Aeturnus Ille Discordia, The Wise Book of Baloney, The Book of Life, The Book of Chaos and Its Virtue, Chao Te Ching, Summa Discordia, Voices of Chaos, The Book of Chaos, Apocrypha Discordia, Principia Entropius, etc.

Discourse 5 of that work, " Knowledge Its Own End ", is still relevant as a clear statement of a Christian educational perennialism.

Its origins can be thought to have been with the Zanclean flood of 5. 33 million years ago, described in more detail under Mediterranean basin.

Its walls are 5 metres ( 17 ft ) thick, and the towers 30 metres ( 100 ft ) high.

Its publisher, Gold Medal Books, followed with the novel Spring Fire in 1952, which sold 1. 5 million copies.

Its period is 5 years, and its magnitude is 11. 26 in the V band.

Its width of 26. 5 mm and its 11-sidedness matched that of the already-circulating Susan B. Anthony dollar in the United States, and its thickness of 1. 95 mm was a close match to the latter's 2. 0 mm.

Its size is just over with a population of 14. 5 million.

Its capital, Dzaoudzi, had a population of 5, 865 according to the 1985 census ; the island's largest town, Mamoudzou, had 12, 026 people.

Its Bohr radius and ionization energy are within 0. 5 % of hydrogen, deuterium, and tritium.

Its height varied between 5 m ( 15 ft ) to 10 m ( 30 ft ).

Its major isotope < sup > 231 </ sup > Pa has a specific activity of 0. 048 Ci / gram and primarily emits alpha-particles of the energy 5 MeV, which can be stopped by a thin layer of any material.

Its coastline is 5 152 km long.

Its population can be composed of Mestizos: 47 %, Amerindians: 31 %, European: 18. 5 %, Afro-Peruvians: 2 %, Asians and others: 1 %.

Its deepest point, the Galathea Depth, has a depth of 10, 540 meters ( 5, 763 fathoms or 34, 580 feet ).

Its fossil remains have been found primarily in the Solnhofen limestone of Bavaria, Germany, dated to the late Jurassic Period ( early Tithonian ), about 150. 8-148. 5 million years ago, though more fragmentary remains have been identified from elsewhere in Europe and in Africa.

Its emphasis on education is demonstrated by a small student body and 5: 1 student-faculty ratio, among the lowest in the top American universities including the Ivy League.