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The very title of the work is tinged with regret, since its protagonist is presented to us not as lighthearted Clarissa but as the older Dalloway's somewhat shrinking, sickly missus.
The main thrust of the two Times leads is that the ranks of the Republican members of Congress declaring themselves to be firmly against impeachment is shrinking.
George W. Bush holds a significant but shrinking lead--about 10 points--over both Al Gore and Bill Bradley (the difference between the two Democrats in a race with Bush was not statistically significant).
Also, a lack of muscle cell shrinking and fragmentation during this process indicates that type II fibers do not degenerate but are transformed into the type I fibers.
This would amount to a de facto shrinking of the franchise.