1.   Munis are also benefiting as higher interest rates make it more difficult for states and local issuers to refinance existing debt, reducing the pool of available municipal bonds.

2.   Paradoxically, the shrinking military also has hurt recruitment by reducing the pool of veterans in civilian life.

3.   That would reduce the pool of people in traditional forms of coverage and thus raise the cost of coverage.

4.   That would reduce the pool of people in traditional forms of coverage and thus raise the cost of coverage, Democrats said.

5.   That, many analysts said, sharply reduced the pool of executives from which mutual companies could recruit.

6.   The announcement on Thursday was an effort to reduce that pool.

7.   The permanent settlement in the United States of many Mexicans who used to come and go seasonally has also reduced the pool of potential migrants.

8.   And with Harbaugh, Johnson and Aikman hurt, the talent pool is reduced even more.

9.   But many fled the country, reducing the pool of victims.