The trend accelerated as business travel fell off, and again after Sept. 11.

But it was in this decade that the trend accelerated.

I expect this trend to accelerate as the economic crisis continues.

The trend accelerated in the second half of the year.

T-3 lines now cost about $50,000 a month, and many in the industry expect the trend to continue or even accelerate.

Tourism officials expect these trends to continue, if not accelerate.

Despite Canada's economy this trend continued, and perhaps even accelerated in the 1990s.

"I think the downward trend has accelerated in the last 12 months," he added.

Precise numbers are difficult to come by, but most experts on child's play believe the trend has accelerated in recent years.

And last year the trend accelerated: Russian cities had 611,000 fewer people than in 1992.