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Physically, Summers is anything but a shrinking violet of academe.

Battered and bruised though she was, at times, Billie Holiday was anything but a shrinking violet where her singing was concerned.

"All of these have really added together to provide not only a sluggish demand in bank lending but a shrinking market in terms of actual usage," he said.

Not only was "Smith" keeping less of its lead-in audience, but a shrinking portion of the previous week's viewers returned each week to see the next installment of "Smith".

Meanwhile A$140m will find its way to the Future Fellowships Fund, which supports the investigations of mid-career scientists.But a shrinking cash pile for universities, and in particular the research students that attend them, will make it harder for people ever to become scientists.

MarketPlayer's top line grew 180% in 1999, but a shrinking pool of customers could eventually put the squeeze on the company's growth rate.

There were still protests, but from a shrinking circle, usually of elite architects and critics.

But in a shrinking media environment, you have to kind of reinvent the wheel".

Basketball remains important, if not vital, to American culture, but, in a shrinking world, it also means something more.

Indeed, in many countries farmers now face not only a shrinking water supply as aquifers are pumped dry, but also a shrinking share of that shrinking supply.

But with a shrinking working-age population and stagnant incomes, nearly all the growth that Japan manages to eke out is driven by overseas markets.