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

It noted that the pool of men 17 to 23 years old would continue to shrink through the mid-1990's.

She was looking right at Luci; the girl flinched and tried to shrink through the wall.

Due to financial constraints and changing needs, the force shrank through the years to 3,378 by the time its mission ended in May 1967.

After shrinking from 1981 through 1983, the economy expanded at an average of 5 percent a year from 1984 to 1986.

The university has also tacitly begun shrinking the student body through administrative procedures.

The result would be to shrink federal outlays by $120 billion through 2021.

Yes, even if the underclass shrinks through assimilation, the problem of the working poor will still be with us.

He plans no layoffs and hopes to shrink the work force through attrition.

I suppose we would have to shrink the work force through attrition.