With cash flow dwindling as sales of their existing Pong-based systems dried up, they were forced to sell to Warner Communications to gain the capital they needed.

With the treasury and emergency reserve fund of 1, 000 talents dwindling away, the Athenians were forced to demand even more tribute from her subject allies, further increasing tensions and the threat of further rebellion within the Empire.

In the early 20th century supplies of Red Cedar were dwindling so that pencil manufacturers were forced to recycle the wood from cedar fences and barns to maintain supply.

The forests were dwindling after heavy logging, causing lumber mills to shut down.

While Harding was dwindling politically, there were developments on the personal and business front.

Durin III allied his forces with Eregion during the War of the Elves and Sauron, but they were unable to prevent its destruction, which led to a long period of isolation and gradual dwindling in Khazad-dûm.

He had already survived the dislocations of the 1950s, when other studio heads – including Louis B. Mayer, David O. Selznick, and Samuel Goldwyn – were pushed out by stockholders who " sought scapegoats for dwindling profits ".

At the end of the 14th century the veins of silver were dwindling, and by 1460 only around 6, 000 people still lived within Freiburg's city walls.

Merry Brandybuck and Peregrin Took were the first to discover the Ents were alive but were dwindling in numbers due to the loss of the Entwives.

It was not until 1789 that six local gentlemen ( two of whom were vicars ) with foresight realised that because of poor transport, due to badly-maintained turnpike roads, the population and industries were dwindling in the Stowmarket area.

When Massená reached the city of Viseu wanting to replenish his armies dwindling food supplies, none of the inhabitants remained, and all there was to eat were grapes and lemons that when eaten in large quantities would be a better laxative than a source of calories.

During the mid-1800s, the Niitsitapi faced a dwindling food supply, as European-American hunters were taking too many bison, and settlers were encroaching on their territory.

By 1975, sales were dwindling, and in January 1977, the company was declared bankrupt.

It became the headquarters of the dwindling Kingdom of Jerusalem, and the base of operations for any future military attempts by the Crusaders against the Egyptian Mamluks, who for their part were systematically conquering any last Crusader strongholds on the mainland.

Grimaldi's popularity changed the balance of the evening's entertainment, with the first, relatively serious, section soon dwindling to what Mayer calls " little more than a pretext for determining the characters who were to be transformed into those of the harlequinade.

Undertaking the siege operations around Sevastopol whilst securing the Allies ' eastern flank was stretching the recourses of Raglan's dwindling forces – British casualties at the Alma had been high, and many were still suffering from the cholera epidemic ; others simply fell sick from exhaustion.

No existing Foodtown stores were to be closed as a result of this-although the store in Tauranga, which was situated almost directly opposite a Countdown store, closed in May 2011 due to " dwindling profits ".

The owners were also disappointed by dwindling television ratings in light of a $ 1. 2 billion, four year deal with CBS ( which ultimately cost the network approximately $ 500 million ) beginning in 1990 ( Vincent's first full season as commissioner ) and upwardly spiraling salaries.

After occupying the port of Damietta, the Crusaders marched south towards Cairo in July 1221, but were turned back after their dwindling supplies led to a forced retreat.

However, recognizing the dwindling number of Christian Brothers, in 2003 the college's bylaws were changed to allow the election of a non-Christian Brother to the presidency if no qualified Brother exists or steps forward.

While other televised science fiction programs such as Captain Video and Tom Corbett, Space Cadet had continually dwindling sets, Space Patrol sets grew larger and larger.

Despite his opposition to the treaty and his mistrust of the governments intentions and methods, the dwindling of the buffalo herds ultimately prevented his people from continuing to rely on this traditional food source and pushed the Cree to the point of starvation in less than a decade.

Long ( 1850 – 1934 ) decided to move his operation out to the west coast, owing to the Long-Bell Lumber Company's dwindling supplies in the south.

Finrod and his army retired south to Nargothrond, while Barahir continued to try to contest Dorthonion with a dwindling force of men.

During the War of the Ring, the Rangers of the North were led by Aragorn, but the northern Dúnedain were a dwindling and presumably widely scattered folk: when Halbarad received a message to gather as many of the Rangers as he could and lead them south to Aragorn ’ s aid, only thirty men ( the Grey Company ) were available at short notice for the journey.

It crossed to the south side of the River Clyde at Renfrew by Kirkpatrick ford, dwindling from two thousand to five hundred men ; and after one or two skirmishes with the troops commanded by Rosse and William Cleland, Argyll found himself alone with his son John and three personal friends.

In the 1950s the south track was removed due to dwindling frequency of the freight trains.

The 2004 season was the last F3000 campaign, due in part to dwindling field sizes.

) The log-filled Ottawa River, as viewed from Hull, appeared on the back of the Canadian one-dollar bill until it was replaced by a dollar coin ( the " loonie ") in 1987, and the very last of the dwindling activity of the draveurs on these rivers ended a few years later.

) The log-filled Ottawa River, as viewed from Hull, appeared on the back of the Canadian one-dollar bill until it was replaced by a dollar coin ( the " loonie ") in 1987, and the very last of the dwindling activity of the draveurs on these rivers ended a few years later.

Because of dwindling high school population ( 16 at last count ) citizens of Cresbard spent several years exploring their options.

Though the album debuted better than the band's last album at 33 on the Billboard charts, the album quickly fell off the charts due to lack of promotion by Capitol Records and a dwindling fan base.

By this time, the canal's importance for commercial traffic was dwindling, and by the late 1960s commercial vessels had almost ceased to operate, the lorry taking over the traffic not already lost to the railway in the 19th century, and closure of the Regent's Canal Dock to shipping in 1969 was the last nail in the coffin.

However, dwindling attendances, a pitch protest and continued financial problems meant that the playing squad was gradually released to cut the wage bill though, and Chester's improved form did not last.

The number of people who speak Shoshoni has been steadily dwindling over the last few decades, so there are only a few hundred people who speak the language fluently today.

Late 2007 Koen Wauters expressed his disappointment with Clouseau's dwindling popularity in the Netherlands over the last ten years ; the record company chose not to promote albums assuming that they'd sell themselves.

The Akha call the Swing Festival Yehkuja, which translates as " Eating Bitter Rice ", a phrase which references the fact that last year ’ s rice supply would be dwindling and, with luck, monsoons will soon water their new crop.

The last model was made in June 1975, a victim of dwindling sales and the 1973 oil embargo.

This did not last and did not " build a long-lasting audience like the Tonys could ", leading to dwindling attendance.

After his last year of presidency at the College of Physicians, Charleton left London and a dwindling medical practice.

Spiraling costs, a recession in North America following the oil crisis, and dwindling support and interest led to the series being cancelled and the last scheduled race of the 1974 season not being run.

Although Daffy successfully exorcises the ghosts possessing a lady duck, he discovers that Cubish has stripped his money down to his last million (" The money supply is dwindling!

Embodyment's last album, Songs for the Living, was much the same, showing even less of the dwindling metal influence heard on Hold Your Breath.

De Lahontan felt that without supplies from Niagara his dwindling stores would not be enough to last the winter.