Jackson declined to duel for the last time in his life.

Retail sales declined for the first time since the state began keeping records.

This is one reason Medicare spending declined last year for the first time in the program's history.

The personal savings rate declined into negative territory last year for the first time since 1933.

By 1979, viewership declined for the first time to less than half of all viewers, or 48 percent.

Medicare spending declined slightly last year, for the first time in the history of the program.

The Canadian percentage declined to less than 90 percent for the first time in 1977-78, when it was 89.5.

France's total wine exports declined for the first time in a decade last year.

City banks' deposits declined by 7% last year, for the first time in at least two decades.

The shares fell 13.15 to 405p as the price of copper declined for the first time in four days.