Overall, Checker sales began shrinking in the 1970s, causing the company to reduce their production capacity.

It also began shrinking its work force in Germany through early-retirement programs.

The local employee pools began shrinking long before resorts dipped into foreign labor.

So she swallowed one of the cakes, and was delighted to find that she began shrinking directly.

The market for draglines began shrinking rapidly after the boom of the 1960s and 1970s which led to more mergers.

Airbus will not begin shrinking the backlog until 2009 or 2010.

The lake, also a World Heritage Site, began shrinking in the 1970's and is now about a third of its original size.

On this basis, the deficit began shrinking in spring 1986.

But in the three years he served in that post the Navy began shrinking quickly.

But front-wheel drive came into vogue in the late 1970's when automobile companies began shrinking their cars to increase fuel economy.