1.   And as city policy increasingly emphasized the value of work over dependency, welfare rolls shrank.

2.   As welfare rolls shrink, competitors have backed off because there is far less money to be made.

3.   But if men would pay child support for the children they father, welfare rolls would shrink.

4.   Epidemics are coming under control and welfare rolls are shrinking.

5.   Giuliani saw a city where crime was plummeting, where services were being delivered more efficiently and where the welfare rolls were shrinking.

6.   Like every office owner in that period, its tenant rolls shrank as corporations merged, moved and shed workers.

7.   Some Republicans have said Congress can reduce this amount because the welfare rolls have shrunk.

8.   Still the rolls have shrunk under the tough new rules.

9.   The rolls will shrink yet again when the city adopts a new system that requires people to search widely for work before receiving public aid.

10.   Welfare rolls have been shrinking amid the recent job boom but not dramatically.