He wrote, "Why do I sense, together with the current expansion, a shrinking of vision, an expansion of surface rather than depth, a failure of imagination?....Why is not social psychology more exciting, more human in the most usual sense of that term?
Older individuals are particularly susceptible to social isolation, as aging often coincides with diminished personal mobility and a shrinking of social networks.
Since 1980 the number of countries with a shrinking population of working age people has risen from 2 to 38.
And even stranger that anyone should heed a continent with a shrinking share of world population and output, plenty of problems with Muslim extremists and strained relations with two big neighbours, Turkey and Russia.
A high rate of turnover on school boards, coupled with a shrinking pool of qualified administrators, is another reason school districts can be vulnerable to mismanagement, Mr. Ernst said.
As it stands, publishers are being screwed between the twin plates of the dominant adtech platforms (Google and Facebook), where they are having to give up a majority of their ad revenue — leaving the media industry with a shrinking slice of ad revenues (that can be as lean as ~30percentt).
"We have more demands on us that require funding, with a shrinking pool of resources.
With a shrinking circle of trust inside the White House, Obama is having trouble establishing trust outside with once reliable factions: grass-roots Democrats and liberals in Congress.
In the second quarter, apartments with at least four bedrooms were the only category with a shrinking inventory of new listings.
Widowed, with a shrinking number of pink-cheeked middle-class pupils at her door, Mrs Chin could not afford to be a snob.
