Early horses, for example the now-extinct Hyracotherium (shown on the right next to a modern horse on the left), shrunk by about 30%, presumably to increase the ratio of skin area to body volume, and thus lose heat more easily.
When we can't see the pile of pages growing on the left and shrinking on the right, the book is, apparently, less fixed for us.
For years, he continued to attract detractors, thanks to persistent anxieties on both the left (which shrinks from the patron saint of American capitalism) and the right (ever reluctant to embrace strong government).
After 9 weeks of chemotherapy, the tumor in the left lung apex shrank, pneumatization was observed in the left lower lung field, and pericardial effusion was reduced.
Surveys show that the next election will further increase the power of the right wing and religious parties, while the center-left keeps shrinking.
When you read on paper you can sense with your fingers a pile of pages on the left growing and shrinking on the right.
The world's most important pain points — malaise, Alzheimer's, the yearnings of huddled masses — are better left to shrinks or scientists or Popes.
"Don't worry," goes the latest dark joke making its away around the shrinking left-wing Israeli circuit.
By most accounts, the factions on the left and right have shrunk over the last two decades, while the one in the middle has grown.
To greens on the left it means radically shrinking our energy use at the expense of prosperity.
