Waning gibbous

Waning crescent

Confidence in the system is waning.

The moon has no waxing or waning...

We were going to enjoy the waning twilight.

Just you and I, alone in the waning twilight.

O king, Burgundy's glory is waning, we need the Nibelungen treasure.

26. The waning of ideological conflicts has improved the climate of cooperation at all levels.

Conflicts are waning in much of the continent, thanks to the efforts of the African Union.

Europe s temporizing approach to the crisis cannot work indefinitely. It is not just confidence in Europe s periphery that is waning.

The refugees often feared that the Agency's financial difficulties indicated that the international community's commitment to the refugee issue was waning.

The claim of unlawful discrimination is maintained even though Portugal's influence and control within Angola in this time period was waning, if not eclipsed.

The ICTY must wrap up new indictments this year, and disband by 2008. It enters this end game facing diminished resources and waning political will within the international community.

Throughout the eurozone, rising income inequality has created an underclass that is increasingly suspicious of the monetary union. As the post war generation ages with most of its members now at least 60 years old and its leaders either in senior leadership positions or acting as senior statesmen the remaining support for integration is waning.

Six years after the crisis, some prominent economists are asking whether insufficient investment and or waning gains from technological innovation have pushed the global economy into a new normal of lower growth and slow, if any, gains in living standards. Some economists call this secular stagnation a fancy way of saying that the good times are gone for good.

Since 1989, in the waning of the cold war, the concept of a culture for peace began to occupy an important place in the intellectual efforts and the operational activities of UNESCO.

With the defeat of Scotland s independence movement not to mention Québécois voters stunning rejection of the province s largest separatist party in last April s election that hope may be waning. And with good reason.

He it is Who gave the sun radiance and the moon light, and determined the stages (for the waxing and waning of the moon) that you may learn the calculation of years and the reckoning of time. Allah has created all this with a rightful purpose (rather than out of play). He expounds His signs for the people who know.

He it is Who gave the sun radiance and the moon light, and determined the stages (for the waxing and waning of the moon) that you may learn the calculation of years and the reckoning of time. Allah has created all this with a rightful purpose (rather than out of play). He expounds His signs for the people who know.

Regardless of the events that have marked this waning century, the change from one century to another is in itself a very significant historical fact, accompanied by profound transformations in all areas of human existence.

The US, on the other hand, continues to dominate militarily, while its economic influence is waning. In any case, China will invariably respond harshly to US efforts to step up its military presence in the region.

In last October s municipal elections in the West Bank the first in six years the largely secular Fatah party technically retained its authority but voter turnout of only 55 , following Hamas s call for a boycott, reflected waning support for the party. Hamas is now widely seen as the true representative of Palestinian national ambitions, and is set to unite the Palestinians under its flag.

Japan is particularly concerned with Russian expansionism, because it is the only G 7 country that currently has a territorial dispute with Russia, which has occupied its Northern Territories since the waning days of World War II.

The political and economic significance of all the mid sized European powers is waning, and they are shrinking relative to the US and the rising giants of Asia. Only a strong Europe can provide the necessary counterweight.

85 89 YEARS 90 94 YEARS 95 99 YEARS 100 YEARS AND OVER

Less than two years Future years More than two years less than five years More than five years France

Years from now, years and years, I'll be back.

10 years, wonderful years.

DUBLIN Europe s needs and Europeans desires are at odds. At a time when strong, coordinated action is needed to stave off financial collapse in the European Union, the popular support that drove European integration over the last six decades is waning.

As a result, the conflict is no longer one of contentious FAZ against Tutsi rebels with foreign backing it has become a struggle between the latter (AFDL) and former FAR members and interahamwe refugees with the (fast waning) support of FAZ.

87 years are 87 years.

I worked for years and years and years to get this.

Five years, eight years, ten years. As long as it takes...

Live on for years and years.

As ballistic missile defences obviously were relevant to nuclear strategy considerations, the 1990 report offered some comments on beam weapons, in spite of the fact that interest was already waning and the technologies discussed do not belong to the nuclear field as such.

Two years ago, three years ago, about four years ago, markets did well.

Either they will go on for the next 40 years, 50 years, 60 years.

This negative trend shows no sign of waning. While international treaties, national laws, more and stronger institutions, improved education, and efforts by organized religious groups to foster respect for minorities can help to ameliorate the problem, collective efforts have so far fallen woefully short.

The refusal of today s elites to promote an effective balance of the three powers to recognize a larger purpose beyond maximizing each individual power has visibly translated into a waning regard for the public good. This has dramatic consequences for liberal democracy and open societies.

But the European pole s power of attraction is waning. Even as the EU continues to struggle with economic malaise, it finds itself in the midst of a growing geopolitical maelstrom, with crises in Ukraine, Russia, North Africa, and the Middle East each presenting important challenges.

Europe s politicians are by and large proud of the EU and the way it has both grown and deepened. But it is also the EU s growing complexity that is at the root of voters waning enthusiasm, so their indifference is a matter for serious concern.

The second reason for waning attention to the proposed partnership speaks to a broader issue A seemingly endless stream of short term political dramas has made it extremely difficult for both Europe and the US to focus for long on any secular and structural initiative.

We believe that the recently observed waning of interest in the work of the Tribunals, reflected particularly by the difficulty in finding candidates for ad litem judges, shows the importance of the timely implementation of the tasks incumbent upon the ICTY and the ICTR.

And you find nothing for years and years.

Table 1. Steel's good years versus bad years