"It is clear that Worldcom's revenue pipeline is shrinking from these segments," Mr. Ayvazian said.
The most visible contraction has been in Citi's consumer business, which is shrinking from 50 countries to 24, and in America, from 14 cities to seven.
Already European production is shrinking from its pre-recession levels of 20 percent of world output to a projected 11 percent in a decade's time.
But the land available to each person is shrinking, from 19.5 acres in 1900 to 5 acres by 2005, the report said.
Whenever the aunt makes one of her frequent mother-hennish remarks about marriage and family, we can feel that Miss Wiest is shrinking from her touch.
But while American voters mostly favour the death penalty, this support is shrinking, from 80% in 1994 to 60% last year, owing to stories of wrongful convictions and nasty deaths like Mr Lockett's.
The survey found that the percentage of Americans who are 65 or over is shrinking, from 12.6percentt of the population in 1990 to 12.4percentt in 2000 and 12.1percentt in 2005.
The incoming samples have increased fivefold, yet the number of hospital laboratories testing them is shrinking from 50 to nine this summer, and has prompted an exodus of biomedical staff.
A decision had been due Jan . 9 Conservation groups petitioned to list polar bears as threatened more than three years ago because many scientists say their habitat, sea ice, is shrinking from global warming.
Its senior employees have lifetime tenure and there are plenty of other tough constituencies, from pushy alumni to students who are paying through the nose to be there.The job of a university president is shrinking from being a public intellectual to being a mere fund-raiser, and a temporary one at that.
