He stirred the proletariat to unworthy acts beyond the law; although he nobly shrank from the excess, he accepted the results.
en.wikipedia.org The 1973 oil crisis, however, put the brakes on this ambitious expansion when the demand for fuel-hungry sports cars shrank.
en.wikipedia.org Year, after year, though, as advances came in mechanization, rationalization and automation, the number of quarrymen and quarrywomen shrank.
en.wikipedia.org Immediately after the depression of the 1890s, the population shrank to half this size, but recovered by mid the 1950s almost to its peak level.
en.wikipedia.org They opted for the cash payout, a total of $123 million, which shrank to just shy of $84 million after taxes.
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