The declensionist narrative first appeared among New Deal reformers who aimed to adjust land use and agricultural economics on the Great Plains

Sally wasn't the star of the show, so she was glad to be paid scale.

This set the pattern for four years, as the two monarchs minueted around the vast Commonwealth, never again to face each other personally in battle.

[W]hen a man seduces a woman, […] the man should be legally obliged to maintain the woman and her children, unless adultery, a natural divorcement, abrogated the law.