21.   Dwindling numbers of wild elephants were causing zoos to increase efforts at artificial insemination for elephants in captivity -- a task that requires a good restraint.

22.   Even if they had more free time, there are a dwindling number of Russian astronauts with whom to chat.

23.   For no other reason than dwindling numbers.

24.   For the dwindling number of ethnic Russians who remain in Chechnya, however, any heated talk of Islam is frightening.

25.   For the dwindling number of people who are still alive to describe their own experience at Ellis Island, the thrill of discovery is electric and personal.

26.   For years Rina Airport here was used mostly by the hard-line Communist dictator, Enver Hoxha, to greet a steadily dwindling number of foreign visitors.

27.   He is among a dwindling number of undecided Democrats.

28.   He is running largely to protest the dwindling number of appellate cases that are published for public review.

29.   I worry for no other reason than dwindling numbers.

30.   I was unaware for many years that Ojibwemowin was spoken in Canada, Minnesota and Wisconsin, though by a dwindling number of people.