An end to a war that has blighted a country's once prosperous future cannot come too soon.

Critics blame the authoritarian leftwing leader for bringing the once prosperous nation near to ruin through a misguided economic policies and rampant corruption.

Nature has reduced the once prosperous communal farm into a swampy, puddled mush.

Beginning in the early 1970s municipalities began to seek solutions to manage decline or spur revitalization in once prosperous city neighborhoods.

He eventually turned the once prosperous country into a dark and barren wasteland.