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At least as important is to communicate that the Fed will not shrink from doing more (what some call "operation shout" ).

Holy Angel, interceding for my wretched soul and my passionate life, forsake me not, a sinner, nor shrink from me for my intemperance.

If Mr Putin does shrink from reform at home, however, he risks sowing the seeds of his own downfall.

The far-sighted, perfect love that seeks the perfection of its object does not weakly shrink from present, transient suffering.

When facing hardship next time, I determine to be brave enough like them and never shrink from it.

they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.

While America rebuilds at home, we will not shrink from the challenges, nor fail to seize the opportunities, of this new world.

But he does not shrink from detailing the worst abuses of Chiang's oppressive rule both on the mainland and on Taiwan.

The combined weight in the world economy of America and the European Union will shrink from more than a third to less than a quarter.

But if the Bush team is reluctant to take the lead, the Europeans must not shrink from forcing the issue.

While governments elsewhere tend to shrink from legislating higher fuel costs, Beijing may not be as reluctant.

a person who tends to shrink from social contacts and to become preoccupied with their own thoughts.

Life 's perhaps the only riddle that we shrink from giving up .

But it is easy to understand why intelligent policymakers shrink from testing it.

However many officials still shrink from going significantly beyond the Basel III guidelines.

Icelanders have seen their economy swell and shrink from time to time over the centuries, and always handled it calmly.

A soldier should never shrink from the duty of defending his country even in the face of certain death.

We still live in a very dangerous and often unstable world . . . We shrink from our global security responsibilities at our peril.

Italy's expenditure on pensions will soon start to shrink from its current high.

The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country.

I shrink from the contemplation, and humble myself before the magnitude of the under_taking.

Democrats who shrink from criticising their own president can attack the Fed over bank bail-outs.

Capote doesn't shrink from exploring the brutality of the killers, but he also forces us to consider their wounded humanity.

He says that mining's contribution to output should shrink from 70%, its current level, to around 20% within two decades.

No matter how big the difficulties ahead are, we'll never shrink from them.

You are not the sort to shrink from taking chances.

Democrats were divided Friday over whether Mr. Obama would pick a fight with Republicans or shrink from one.

On an annual basis, however, the budget deficit is expected to shrink from the current 10% of gross domestic product to 5% as soon as 2014.

I do not shrink from this historic responsibility, I welcome it.

S. investment banks shrink from five to zero in the space of six months.

Mankind censure injustice, fearing that they may be the victims of it and not because they shrink from committing it.

Today we must not shrink from unifying ideas and actions.

We must not shrink from this possibility, distasteful though we might find it.

Be the consequences what they may , I will not shrink from doing my duty.

When I am motivated to complete a task, I do not shrink from the hard work, and I do not rest until I have achieved my goal.

Then see whether I shrink from a fight!

I don not shrink from this responsibility; I welcome it.

They shrink from no task, however arduous it is.

The House of Commons is also set to shrink from 650 to 600 seats, and almost every constituency will have new boundaries.

Bu shrink from voicing care.

Admiral Mullen said that the two sides "can shrink from this great opportunity, or we can rise to meet it. "

The US, by contrast, has seen its share of global industrial energy use shrink from 16 per cent in 1990 to 13 per cent.

But others may shrink from difficulties, because they will not believe oneself.

At the same time, democracies shrink from the idea that might is right.

Do you shrink from doing anything that smacks of self-promotion?

We can shrink from this opportunity, or rise to it.

To make the meals healthier, the french fry servings will shrink from 2. 4 ounces to 1. 1 ounces, according to a Los Angeles Times article.

According to the International Energy Agency, oil's share of total global energy will shrink from 33% in 2008 to 28% in 2035.

Tell me, Scarlett, do you never shrink from marrying men you don't love?

Nor need we shrink from honestly facing conditions in our country today.

Extrapolating wildly, it would take only 25 generations for Hong Kong's female population to shrink from 3. 75m to just one.

The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country;

India's prospects have dimmed as politicians shrink from big reforms. They must become bolder, says Adam Roberts

Shrink from: withdraw from to avoid encounter, flinchfrom; recoil from

Nor shrink from the whips of the terrible hail

We look at our burdens and heavy loads, and shrink from them;