Thank God....we may put a few shrinks out of business, but we're likely to be a whole lot happier.
In Mogadishu, the government is clinging to a few shrinking enclaves, like the port, airport and the presidential palace — all of which are frequently shelled.
Of course, they believe in themselves (this field has few shrinking violets!), but they also have a vested financial interest in persuading investors that if they have done well in the past they will continue to do so in the future.
In a few more shrinks, we'll be approaching 10nm, at which point quantum mechanics begin to take over and reality gets all wobbly.
He proved that, regardless of their sizes or shapes, 2-D bubbles with five or fewer sides shrink, those with seven or more grow, and those with six remain the same.
They be few – and shrinking.
And those few are shrinking in number.
The associated increasing aridity had severe consequences on the faunal communities, inducing the migration of open plain dwellers and the trapping of other residents around a few residual shrinking water bodies.
My MRI showed five brain tumors, along with small lesions I affectionately termed "brain lint". After two CyberKnife sessions, a few tumors shrank, a couple grew, and five more sprouted from that innocent looking brain lint.
And in Mexico, the source of about 6 in 10 illegal immigrants in the United States, the birthrate has plummeted over the last few decades, shrinking the pool of potential emigrants.
