All these passions, ever waxing or waning, did not interfere with her carrying on very widespread and complicated relations with the Court and Society.

His popularity is waning.

The moon is waning.

It is a waning moon.

I even penned a love letter, waxing lyrical about her greatness.

But its growth has been waning.

There are signs that Museveni's grip on power is waning.

After recent events in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya, Wall Street analysts are waxing somewhat less optimistically about political stability in emerging countries.

It is not just confidence in Europe s periphery that is waning.

It enters this end game facing diminished resources and waning political will within the international community.

Merely waxing lyrical about the benefits of education will do nothing to help Latin American and Caribbean countries catch up with developed countries.

But that mindset is waning, and government and business leaders now routinely warn of bubbles and adopt policies to counter them.

And yet, just as the need for robust regional and international institutions is at its greatest, support for them is waning.

His relationship with Saleh frayed and his influence waning, al Ahmar understood that his loyalty to Saleh had become a liability.

The US, on the other hand, continues to dominate militarily, while its economic influence is waning.

Waning confidence is a eurozone wide problem, but the Franco German relationship lies at its core.

In strategic terms, the waning influence of a paralyzed Europe is also very bad news for America.

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.

Detractors ultimately fall back on the argument that multilateral lending to middle income countries is waning along with demand.

They take popular opposition to the deal as a sign that America s commitment to an open economy may be waning.

Government initiatives to rebuild infrastructure to replace waning private investment with state investment in health care, climate control and energy conservation do not have that downside.

With communism discredited and Catholicism waning, the connection mental, psychological, even spiritual of the land with defense of the fatherland, appears to be Poland's last political certainty.

T he IMF was created in the waning days of World War II, essentially as a United States West European partnership.

Nevertheless, though Saudi Arabia s soft power is waning, its massive oil wealth will likely ensure that it remains a regional heavyweight.

But this dominance is waning, as evidenced by its declining use as an official reserve currency, as well as for invoicing goods and services, denominating international claims, and anchoring exchange rates.

The activity of Russian nationalism on social networks is waning, while the number of materials from Ukrainian extremists has seen rapid growth.

Even before the May referendum, there have been indications that France s ability to mold the European Union to its interests has been waning.

As China is now able to harness its own technological might to produce sophisticated weapons, Russia s usefulness in this area is waning fast.

Likewise, France s economic growth is waning not because France has failed to undertake necessary structural reforms, but because European interest rates are too high.

Indeed, letting the Internet blossom not only makes good business sense it might also help to restore voters waning faith in the European project.

Once a common dish, including on school lunch menus, whale meat has all but disappeared from the dinner table due to waning domestic consumption.

A victory for Humala would seem to confirm the waning appeal of the neo liberal policies that have dominated the continent since the 1980 s.

The current decline in home prices is associated just as clearly with waning speculative enthusiasm among investors, which is likewise largely unrelated to monetary policy.

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.

Given Europe s current malaise and the waning impact of so called Abenomics in Japan, it is difficult to believe that their economies, which fueled global output growth for several decades, will regain their former stature.

A former adviser to Deng Xiaoping and confidante of former President Jiang Zemin (whose political influence is now waning), Li was among the first to invest in China after the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989.

But the stakes in Libya today are more appropriately underscored by the tragedy in southern Iraq in the waning days of the Persian Gulf War 20 years ago.

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.

Given the apparent waning appetite of European voters for multiculturalism, singling out immigration as the root of the global economic crisis has proven fruitful for far right parties across the continent.

And what is interesting about him in relation to morality is that he lived at a time where religion's influence was waning, and he was sort of wondering, I think, what would happen with society if there was no religion or if there was less religion.

Meanwhile, not only is fiscal austerity pushing the eurozone periphery into economic free fall, but the loss of competitiveness there will persist as relief at the waning prospect of disorderly defaults strengthens the euro s value.

China s new leadership is further removed from Maoist era reflexive opposition to nuclear negotiations Russian leaders confidence in their economic and military resurgence is waning and both countries are increasingly frustrated by the lack of progress in nuclear talks with North Korea and Iran. Meanwhile, faced with a large federal budget deficit, many American voters would welcome reduced spending on nuclear weapons.

Others remember Rwanda, where President Bill Clinton later expressed regret for not acting to save innocent lives. But the stakes in Libya today are more appropriately underscored by the tragedy in southern Iraq in the waning days of the Persian Gulf War 20 years ago.

At the same time, the Saudi leadership is facing significant domestic challenges, including vast economic disparities, inadequate services, growing frustration with the lack of political freedom, and a difficult succession process within the royal family. Nevertheless, though Saudi Arabia s soft power is waning, its massive oil wealth will likely ensure that it remains a regional heavyweight.

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.