1.   But the East Harlem store owners say the project will ultimately cost more jobs than it creates, as smaller markets wither.

2.   Let the small markets wither and die.

3.   The need for the lightships lessened when oil and kerosene were introduced, and the whale-oil market withered.

4.   With young, middle-income families buying fewer new cars and light trucks with their own money, the market has withered for small sedans.