However, they should not be regular rows running from left to right - curve them up or down, slot them in weirdly, make them expand from left to right and then shrink, leave half the line undone.
The rate of real economic growth is probably the most important determinant and in that respect many people are gloomy: the trend rate of growth in America may have dropped to 2% or below while pessimists put the European rate at 1%. Demographic trends mean the workforce is likely to stagnate or shrink, leaving productivity to do all the work expanding the economy.
The subsidies would end, the marketplaces would close, and Medicaid would shrink, leaving many of our patients without access to life-saving care.
This was the 1990s, when GDP steadily shrank, leaving Berlin nearly bankrupt.
Since then, he said, "our market share has shrunk, leaving us with too many dealerships".
Even if they do eventually succeed, the periodic table may have shrunk, leaving producers of fancy gadgets in the lurch.
A careful look at Beatrice showed that all the curves and dimples of a healthy child's face had shrunk, leaving the forbidding lines of a woodblock print.
Already real estate prices, salaries, store sales and factory orders are shrinking, leaving Afghans in nearly every quarter to wonder what will happen next — to them, their society and their economy.
Also, in recessions, tenancy in general is shrinking, leaving some buildings half-empty, especially older ones that may have lost tenants who took advantage of falling rents to trade up.
Few businesses were hiring, credit conditions were deteriorating in some markets, and commercial real estate deteriorated across every corner of the country as businesses closed down or shrank, leaving behind warrens of empty offices and half-filled shopping centers.
