1.   Alliance commanders say the Taliban lines no longer fire back as much as they once did, and their numbers have shrunk since the US bombing began.

2.   And that number shrinks when you count the Vermonters in the house who showed up to root for the Sox.

3.   As the number of workers shrinks and the pool of pensioners grows, such plans are coming under strain.

4.   As those numbers shrink through mergers, costs should come down, margins should increase, and investors should be rewarded.

5.   But people who have researched factory tours say the number is shrinking.

6.   But that number has shrunk recently.

7.   But with Bobby Jones back in the mix, that number could shrink.

8.   Even as the dollar value of mergers reached that record, the number of mergers shrank.

9.   Every year the number shrinks.

10.   Growing weaker each day, he watched their numbers shrink.