After initially growing, the cloud began to shrink.

在最初膨胀之后，云团开始收缩。

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When his influence began to shrink, his wealth also decreased.

当他的影响缩小时，他的财富也减少了。

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One reason is that as the number of well-paid unskilled jobs began to shrink in the 1980s, the "college premium"—the difference in salaries between college and high-school graduates—rose.

原因之一是20世纪80年代，高薪非技术工作岗位锐减。“大学贴水”——就是大学毕业生和高中生在工资方面的差距——开始扩大。

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With significantly less water feeding into it and the evaporation rate remaining the same the Aral Sea began to shrink dramatically.

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