Charlie Hebdo isn't shrinking from its controversial reputation.
Romo, a player with a reputation for shrinking at crucial moments, could even have been excused for doing so after he was splattered across the turf by Bobby Wagner.
Mr. Giuliani, a two-term mayor of uncommon nastiness, has seen his once-formidable reputation shrink to a pinpoint, to the things he did on and around one terrible September day more than a decade ago.
The task at Liverpool may slowly shrink his managerial reputation too, because the unsubtle realpolitik Klopp faces is this: winning the Premier League will be seen as a dizzying triumph.
But in the general critical downgrading of the Hudson River School that occurred in the early 20th century, Richards's reputation shrank, and in 1929 the Met deaccessioned all but nine of his watercolors.
Not long after revisionism had shrunk Scott's reputation to that of an incompetent leader of men, a four-funnelled Edwardian liner became one of the world's most familiar images – one so packed with people and incident, true or untrue, that it could represent almost anything: luxury, hubris, heroism, cowardice, social conflict, love.
Audiard doesn't have a reputation as a shrinking violet, possibly because of the sharp image he projects.
Thoughtful people involved in racing knew that it was a deeply troubled sport, with a shrinking fan base, a battered reputation, and one intractable problem: the horses themselves.
The I.C.C. proceedings are sure to reveal some distasteful acts that may damage T.N.A.'s shrink-wrapped reputation.
As I noted in a story this week, horse racing is a deeply troubled sport, with a shrinking fan base and a battered reputation, owing partly to disturbing incidents that marred two of the last three Triple Crown series.
