"To thrive in an environment of high expectations and dwindling resources", Collins said, "academic medicine should stay true to its core values while adjusting its cultural and operating practices to societal change and confronting facts head-on without losing mission" [ 59].
Even those who still respect this president, a dwindling band, no longer have any expectations of him.
But given the fundamental shifts in consumers' power and expectations, customers will have dwindling patience for antagonistic pricing.
The company said sales in the fourth quarter would miss Wall Street's expectations as consumers cling to their dwindling dollars.
The expectation of more cheap finance, together with dwindling spare capacity and rising demand, ought to entice firms to build and buy.
Recent studies on family relations in Japan have also shown that the force of the traditional family norm of filial piety on older adults' expectation for intergenerational family support is steadily dwindling, as is the actual occurrence of family support (Ogawa et al. 2007).
Even as sales expectations have dwindled — a No. 1 album can now mean just 40,000 copies sold — online distribution has given bedroom acts as much exposure as major label finds.
However, the rise should not be regarded as an increase in the strength of the property market or an improvement in the number of first-time buyers: the CML says the increase was fuelled by remortgaging rather than house purchase, and adds that this is likely to dwindle going forward as expectations of an increase in interest rates recede.
As polling day draws close, public expectation is mounting over candidates' plans to address issues like dwindling water supplies and deteriorating air quality, so marking a break from previous parliamentary elections.
Many economists — concerned about the sluggish pace of job creation, dwindling housing activity and decelerating retail sales — say that slowdown is continuing this summer and have recently downgraded their expectations for the second half of the year.
