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In the 1990s Maine had one of the highest youth smoking rates in the country among teenagers - and between 1997 and 2005 it declined almost 60 percent.

I regard music as something that transcends the labels of gender, class or creed, which is why I think it's such a powerful medium. And as a fashion plate? I have to tell you that I've been given many opportunities to collude with the fashion industry, but I declined because I don't want to be a clotheshorse for anyone.

Investors have been climbing a wall of worry because the nation's inventories of gasoline have declined in recent weeks.

I offered to do the legal work on that contract. The authority declined to have us do the work for them for free. So the first time I saw the contract it was a done deal.

(In the past) the Department of Justice has been asked to take action and has declined to do so.

In accord with long-standing norm, every member of the current Supreme Court declined to furnish such information. The line each justice drew in response to pre-confirmation questioning is crucial to the health of the federal judiciary.

Because Mr. Freeman has consistently declined to comply, ... the defendant's motions requesting that Mr. Freeman be permitted to provide him with out-of-court legal assistance ... are denied.

Higher farm prices enabled vegetable and melon growers to post the record revenues as overall production declined 11 percent.

Chipset sales declined 26 percent to $269 million, and operating margins dropped to 24 percent from 39 percent. Qualcomm shipped only 11 million chipsets in the quarter, down from 15 million in the preceding quarter and 13.5 million a year ago. This disappointing performance partially reflected continued weak demand in Korea.

Households' economic attitudes have declined modestly over the last six months, ... But the level suggests consumers remain very optimistic about their personal financial condition.

I didn't think the subject matter of Thursday's show was the kind of broadcast that I should be doing, ... respectfully declined to participate.

If I'm seen as an impediment to downtown, it's only because I declined to sacrifice my own welfare. I'm not the problem. The city has shown no great inclination to resolve this. They've shown no interest in being creative, which is unfortunate.

I'd rather not subpoena Ms. Stewart, ... I've extended an invitation to talk with our investigators. I said we'd do that in the place of her choosing in a nonpublic way without advance notice to the press so we wouldn't have paparazzi there. But she's declined to do that.

For the first time since I became public editor, the executive editor and the publisher have declined to respond to my requests for information about news-related decision-making.

The manufacturing sector continued to contract in October, ... This is the fifth month of decline following 22 consecutive months of growth. While production grew in October, the new orders index declined significantly and signals a continuing softness that could carry into the fourth quarter.

The unemployment claims declined a little, so that calmed some nerves. We saw some short-covering (buying of shares sold short) yesterday (Wednesday) and we may see more of that today, but I think people are holding their breath a little for the labor report tomorrow (Friday).

The idea is that the number of medical professionals across the board has declined within the last five to 10 years. Meanwhile, instances of chronic disease among people of color has gone up.

The high-tech industry is well known for the idea of long work hours with uncompensated overtime. As the finance and rewards have declined after the recession and companies are getting leaner and meaner, workers are less willing to be putting in the long hours without getting compensated.

The improvement in earnings reflected higher U.S. natural gas realizations and refining margins, both of which were very strong early in the second quarter, but declined significantly as the quarter progressed, ... The decline in these key earnings drivers, along with crude oil prices, has continued into the third quarter.

Although growth has declined slightly from the second and third quarters, the market's resilience in the face of rising interest rates, high fuel prices, a weaker Euro, and other potential inhibitors puts the market in a great position to start 2006.

The courts have ruled time and time again that students in public schools have the First Amendment right to remain quietly seated during the Pledge of Allegiance. Cameron is a very patriotic student, but his is a quiet form of patriotism. In a very polite and respectful way, he declined to stand for the pledge and the teacher berated him in front of his classmates.

The client had been a well-known charity in the country and really declined in the past 10 years. They have a declining donor file, and there is a decrease in the amount of the average gift.

And as I understand it, the Judiciary Committee preferred to have an open hearing on a classified matter, and therefore the department declined to participate in an open hearing on a classified matter,

The last time consumer confidence declined a comparable extent was prior to the recessions in 1990 and 1980.