It's the difference between responsible governance and agitated activism, a growing party or a shrinking one.
On top of that, market participants say, they will have to fight over a shrinking supply.
Union bosses are competing for a shrinking pool of workers willing to pay subscription fees.
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When the company is a winner, you see a shrinking of the conversion premium.
The defence minister, A.K. Antony of the Congress Party, usually a shrinking violet, refused.
The result is that editing power is being consolidated in a shrinking number of key insiders.
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Enron's demise wasn't due to business factors like strong competition, a shrinking market or a lagging economy.
Nations committed to international cooperation in a shrinking world have every reason to affiliate and to partner closely.
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Americans continue to face grim economic prospects, an unemployed or underemployed future, and a shrinking middle class.
But a shrinking price differential between them has apparently induced some Bud drinkers to trade up to Corona.
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This left them with a shrinking amount of banknotes, and without any banks or credit cards to help.
Social media kings, Kodak, struggled with its innovation dilemmas in a shrinking industry.
But Fluor was able to offset a shrinking backlog with new business like a major refinery upgrade in Russia.
So what are the market implications for Russia on a shrinking trade balance?
Rather than redistributing a shrinking pie, this approach allows the pie to grow.
In a shrinking world there are not many places like Olymbos left.
But Estonia did not escape the global economic crisis and found itself with a shrinking economy in the late 2000s.
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Yes, national and global climate action that sets a shrinking cap and a rising price on carbon dioxide are crucial.
High-cost cities (mainly on the coasts) had a shrinking information advantage over low-cost cities and towns (mainly in the boonies).
But the base is not enough, because getting a larger share of a shrinking market is not a winning strategy.
Elsewhere, writers have described a shrinking of sentence length in the average newspaper since the nineteen-thirties, probably because of radio.
Cutting back staff while staring a shrinking market cap in the face may be painful, but it's not a deathblow.
At the same time a shrinking number of young workers will be expected to provide for the growing older generation.
With a growing number of elderly relying on a shrinking workforce, the existing system of care inside the family appears untenable.
In short, a growing economy needs more money while a shrinking one needs less since slower growth means less money demand.
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This represents the middle class getting richer, with incomes growing beyond the fixed income range, rather than a shrinking middle class.
After falling victim to the Recession and a shrinking journalism market, Noelle found herself without a job in New York City.
The figures on which the study was based are available only for manufacturing, which has a shrinking share of the economy.
Until the economic picture is more even, national differences will remain a part (albeit a shrinking one) of Europe's investment equation.
What the Icelandic government instead urged was a shrinking of the banking sector, most likely via the sale of overseas assets.
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