Many of its once-great houses fell into disrepair.    From Wordnik.com.  [Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil]

Are you really what a once-great party has become?.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference

For once in your life, think about this once-great Nation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?] Reference

It is a once-great coastal city and the earth is closing over it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reverend Billy: New York is Burning: Let's Put the Fire Out] Reference

Masses of cash (much of it English) had deformed our once-great economy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference

When you failed to hold anybody accountable for your once-great democracy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Brad Friedman: A Diebold Insider Speaks Out] Reference

LAWRENCE: Winchester says Europe is littered with the ruins of once-great cities.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 17, 2006] Reference

I despise the BBC just as I despise this once-great nation full of Trojan Horses.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

With a lone exception, the once-great actor hasn't been part of a decent movie in 11 years.    From Wordnik.com.  [Single Person's Movie: Meet the Parents] Reference

And we lost our soul, who we were, what we stood for as a once-great country -- lost it all.    From Wordnik.com.  [Michael Moore: Never Forget: Bad Wars Aren't Possible Unless Good People Back Them] Reference

General Motors is a once-great company caught in a web of relationships designed for another era.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why Bankruptcy Is the Best Option for GM] Reference

We cannot, and must not, allow this destruction of a once-great nation called America to continue.    From Wordnik.com.  [Time to reclaim our America] Reference

Lee Iacocca bluntly states, "our once-great companies are getting slaughtered by health care costs.".    From Wordnik.com.  [America needs "Moore" Democracy] Reference

Keep at it, guys, your days of running this once-great country into the ground are coming to an end.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 12, 2006] Reference

I'm talking about the state of journalism, that once-great bastion of integrity crumbling around us.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lynda Resnick: Finding the Voice of Truth Amid the Noise of Old and New Media] Reference

I\'m talking about the state of journalism, that once-great bastion of integrity crumbling around us.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lynda Resnick: Finding the Voice of Truth Amid the Noise of Old and New Media] Reference

Abel came to the sad conclusion that he was watching a once-great civilization slide toward the abyss.    From Wordnik.com.  [Consent to Kill]

Like Mr. Zucker, Max Bialystock had seen his once-great programming fall out of favor with the public.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Bright Spot in the Leno Debacle? The Failure of NBC's Cynical Strategy] Reference

And who cares about the citizens of this country anyway - not the people who run our once-great nation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Justin Frank: Politics of Intimidation] Reference

The comment made me so sad, that a once-great figure like Frankel would tie his interests so closely to Judy's.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marcy Wheeler: Max Frankel's Ghost] Reference

So that in the confusion of a once-great country's disintegration, Dubya's giant American yard sale can be held.    From Wordnik.com.  [What Jordan and GWB have in common: Power and ulterior motives?] Reference

I'm deeply sorry the NY Times decided to destroy their own once-great reputation by giving this loon a paycheck.    From Wordnik.com.  [Brad Friedman: I'm Deeply Sorry That Judith Miller Is Out of Her Mind] Reference

He has no qualifications to be the Leader of a once-great political party, which is diminished by his Leadership.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

Having failed to observe this call of duty, the once-great Antony is now no more than a shadow of his former self.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shakespeare]

It has long annoyed me how reflexively the Academy rewards even the most mediocre work by this once-great composer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oscar Insanity] Reference

It's 9: 58, and anticipation builds to a frenzied pitch inside trousers and panties all across this once-great land.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mad Men Recap: Roman Hair Stylist Erects High-Rise Bird's Nest on Betty's Head: James Wolcott] Reference

Can a once-great city that is now the size of Austin, Texas, afford a top-rank symphony orchestra with a 52-week season?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Disaster in Detroit] Reference

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The indictment today was an attempt to indict an entire company, a really once-great Houston company.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 19, 2004] Reference

One might ask: if the once-great American economy no longer produces anything useful, what exactly does it do these days?.    From Wordnik.com.  [How the American Economy Became a Sleazy Carnival Freak Show] Reference

It seems that our once-great newspaper, the Philadelphia Inquirer (aka the "Inky"), has hired John Yoo as a regular columnist.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why I Oppose the Inquirer Boycott] Reference

George W. Bush's lying, rotten, putrid, soulless destruction of a once-great nation called America is now open for all to see.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lies, damn lies and George W. Bush] Reference

RODGERS: But we are seeing a resurfacing of an angry scar, the deep rivalry between two once-great nations, are we not -- Dan.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 18, 2005] Reference

ALTMAN: I think that's right, and I think we're also seeing a little bit of an angry rivalry between two once-great politicians.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 18, 2005] Reference

Only, he has turned America into that evil empire and, in the end, it will be he and his followers who destroyed this once-great nation.    From Wordnik.com.  [OpEdNews - Quicklink: THOMPSON: March of the Warmongers] Reference

Only, he has turned America into that evil empire and, in the end, it will be he and his followers who destroyed this once-great nation. '.    From Wordnik.com.  [OpEdNews - Quicklink: THOMPSON: March of the Warmongers] Reference

All of this has been a disaster for Britain domestically and internationally, as this once-great country sinks ever further into the mire.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Rentoul today puts Trevor Kavanagh and myself in the...] Reference

He conveys the infectious pleasure of performing, and he reminds us what accounts for that once-great invention, the all-American musical.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oh, My Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Follows in the Footsteps of Jesus] Reference

Those who did vote did so mostly to support the status quo and it is that status quo that is destroying a once-great nation called America.    From Wordnik.com.  [For Christmas, let's give ourselves a present: A new government] Reference