Word: shrunk
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...number of economics concentrators in the College shrunk slightly last year, though it had increased each year from 1999 to 2002, according to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Handbook for Students...
...number of economics concentrators in the College shrunk slightly last year, though it had increased each year from 1999 to 2002, according to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Handbook for Students...
...past three decades--compared with an average of just under 1°F worldwide. As a result, the state's glaciers are melting; insects are destroying vast swaths of forest; and thawing permafrost is sinking roads, pipelines and homes. Arctic Ocean ice has shrunk 5% to 10%, at an accelerating rate. Says Weller: "There is natural variability, but the evidence is overwhelming that humanity has altered the climate...
...refined oil has given freedom of movement to billions. Before the automobile, the life experiences of most of those who lived in the rich world were limited--as in much of the poor world they remain--to neighborhood and family. When shot through gas turbines on wings, oil has shrunk the planet in a way that was once the stuff of science fiction. Neither of my parents ever flew; both my children had flown 30,000 miles before they were 2 years...
...refined oil has given freedom of movement to billions. Before the automobile, the life experiences of most of those who lived in the rich world were limited - as in much of the poor world they remain - to neighborhood and family. When shot through gas turbines on wings, oil has shrunk the planet in a way that was once the stuff of science fiction. Neither of my parents ever flew; both my children had flown 30,000 miles before they were 2 years...