The fever has abated.

He played for the team during the lockout.

Measured by Soviet standards, Russia has weakened.

My muscular strength has weakened from lack of exercise.

As a result, Pakistan s reliance on China has been strengthened, not weakened.

The president s authority is draining away precipitately, and his vice like grip on his People s Democratic Party (PDP) has loosened.

The wave of industrialization and urbanization that is boosting the incomes of millions of people in emerging economies has not run its course.

However, after the return of the pro Russian Victor Yanukovich to the position of Ukrainian prime minister, the country s pro Western orientation has been significantly weakened.

Countries are experiencing strong growth, inflation is low, and the threat of crisis has receded considerably.

However, after the return of the pro Russian Victor Yanukovych to the position of Ukrainian prime minister, the country s pro Western orientation has been significantly weakened.

Decades old, apparently immovable autocracies are finding their hold on power unhinged change is invading their static environs.

Although the direct threat of invasion and occupation has diminished, sinister forces still loom and must be confronted.

Turkey s economy has also slowed slightly and its currency has weakened due to the effects of regional instability among other things.

But while America s hard power dominates the world scene, its soft power declined this year.

New agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security, the Director of National Intelligence, and an upgraded Counter Terrorism Center have not transformed American government, and, for most Americans, personal freedoms have been little affected.

But, while concern about terrorism is greater, and immigration restrictions are tighter, the hysteria of the early days after 9 11 has abated.

My support for capital punishment would weaken greatly if the rate of killing innocent people were as large as that claimed by many.

By the time of the reforms of the 1980 s and 1990 s, bonds tying individuals to culture, the state, the work unit, and household registration systems, for example, had largely unraveled.

PRINCETON The Indian rupee has weakened rapidly in recent months, with the exchange rate against the US dollar dropping by 11 , to around 60 rupees, since early May.

The motivation to implement further reforms of the internal market has weakened, leading to a situation in which even decisions by EU leaders at their European Council meetings can go ignored.

Georgia s tradition as a multinational, tolerant state, which has been weakened in the last 15 years, must be reinvigorated, because we have no need for enemies against which to define ourselves.

At the same time, these governments practice a diplomacy inspired by one idea America s post Iraq hegemony is fragile, thus making profitable a policy of confrontation aimed at weakening the enemy.

Since the demise of the Doha Round, the WTO s standing as a multilateral negotiating forum has declined sharply, salvaged in part by the recent agreement in Bali.

Despite the fact that the opposition agreement boosted the popularity of the unreformed Czech Communists, the determination of the Civic Democrats and Social Democrats to continue dividing the spoils of power remained undiminished.

Policy coherence within the EU must also be improved.