1.   Boxing and track and field are diminished by shrinking talent pools.

2.   Budget cutbacks have forced an ongoing consolidation of the defense industry, shrinking the pool of bidders for military projects.

3.   But the growing scrutiny of boards may ultimately shrink the pool of capable directors, he contended.

4.   But under current laws, by self-insuring, employers shrink the pool of healthy people available to spread the cost of expensive illnesses.

5.   Critics say that the current laws on intellectual property may shrink the pool of freely available artworks and ideas from which artists and inventors often draw their inspiration.

6.   Falling rates of violent and accidental deaths, combined with rising numbers of people living long, healthy lives, are shrinking the pool of suitable donors.

7.   If the police insist on prolonging a ticket slowdown, Giuliani can make clear that they are only shrinking the pool of money available for wage increases.

8.   Some also say that it would shrink the pool of doctors who perform second-trimester abortions.

9.   That combination of relatively rare capacities shrinks the pool of suspects.

10.   The moves might make existing bonds more valuable, by shrinking the pool of available debt, traders said.