A thoroughly modern Mina Murray and her dwindling league of comrades attempt to navigate the perilous rapids of London's hippie and criminal subculture, as well as the twilight world of its occultists.

The economy continues to depend on its dwindling aluminum and coal reserves, as well as agriculture, heavy industry, tourism, and retail.

Today, Pinot Meunier is found outside of Champagne in dwindling quantities in the Loire Valley regions of Touraine and Orleans as well as the Cotes de Toul and Moselle regions.

However, there is a large number of ethnic Bamar, as well as members of the Kayin and Pa-O ethnic groups and a small, dwindling Anglo-Burmese community.

With global economies in ruins and all-out world war on Earth due to dwindling resources more than a possibility, the U. S. government turned to the UAC, giving it carte blanche on Mars in a desperate bid to construct an off-world outpost that might provide resources and a military advantage, as well as something so secret that even members of government do not have a clue about it.

However, in some confined locations such as South Africa's Southern Cape Peninsula, local populations are dwindling due to habitat loss, as well as predation from other protected species, such as leopards and lions.

This takeover saved the group from an impending bankruptcy caused by a long strike period as well as dwindling circulation and advertising revenues.

In the United States, nearly all professional sports teams, most collegiate teams — as well as a dwindling number of high schools — have their own Sports commentators, who are usually recognized as the voice of the team on radio broadcasts and are often identified as part of the team like the players or the coaches.

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.

The scramjet had first been outlined at about the same time as the original LACES design in a NASA paper of 1958, and many companies were highly interested in seeing it develop, perhaps none more than Marquardt, whose ramjet business was dwindling with the introduction of newer jet engines and who had already started work on the scramjet.

This is due to dwindling stocks and most notably the abalone virus Ganglioneuritis which is fast spreading and lethal to abalone stocks.

By a Charter of Elizabeth I in 1589 the bailiff was replaced by a mayor, by which time the town's importance was dwindling.

As the war progressed, with no hope of joining the rebellion due to power of the Royal Navy ( in the letter he had addressed to Bermudians soliciting the theft of the gunpowder, George Washington had written We would not wish to in volve you in an Opposition, in which from your Situation, we should be unable to support you: -- We knew not therefore to what Extent to sollicit your Assistance in availing ourselves of this Supply ), with increasing numbers of Amercan loyalists in Bermuda ( such as the privateer Bridger Goodrich ), and with their economic opportunities dwindling, Bermudians overcame their sympathies for their erstwhile countrymen and unleashed their privateers ( which, by the middle of the 18th Century already outnumbered those of any of the mainland colonies ) upon American shipping.

Added to this the economical surge suddenly has the entire maid culture dwindling which in turn is slowly seeing the emergence of Do IT Yourself tools for various household work. Innovative DIY solutions are slowly emerging in the market, designed by innovative companies.

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.

Ugly dark blotches mottled the dull orange surface and great columns of spinning flame arced around the rim .... < nowiki > watched </ nowiki > the titan sunspots drift slowly across the hideous disc, at times growing larger and merging into great gaping chasms in the fiery atmosphere, while at others dwindling almost to nothingness .... Something was stirring deep within that fiery atmosphere ; something monstrous that roared an insatiable anger against the chains of the Elder Gods which had bound it there for an eternity ....

In the Bible, the dwindling of Simeon is portrayed as being a divine punishment for their reaction to the Rape of Dinah, though many biblical scholars view the episode, and Dinah herself, as an aetiological myth which developed to explain Simeon's misfortune, after it had occurred.

Textual scholars view this as a postdiction, since some believe that the Blessing of Jacob was written in a period around the 9th or 8th centuries ( 900-701 BC ), the same period in which the tribe was actually dwindling.

In 1901, the dwindling local iron ore supply cost the city the industry on which it was founded.

By 2011, the city and its two counties had attracted the attention of the New York Times which noted the town was dwindling in population.

The Cree and Assiniboine lived just like the Blackfoot by the dwindling herds of the buffalo and their hunters followed their prey, which was about 1850 found almost exclusively on the territory of the Blackfoot.

He tried to unite the liberal Democrats with the dwindling Whig Party, which led to establishment of the Republican Party.

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 ".

During the Second and Third Age, the term referred to the First Age and before, but in the Fourth Age the term began to be applied to all three ages which came before: a time before the dominance of Men and the dwindling of the Elves and other races.

Pro did little to address MacWrite's rapidly dwindling market share, which briefly stabilized at about 5 % of the market before starting to slide again.

The daily circulation was 326, 000 copies in 2002, dwindling to some 235, 000 in 2011, which nevertheless makes it the third biggest newspaper of the Netherlands, after the De Telegraaf and Algemeen Dagblad.

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.

With supplies dwindling, a forced retreat began, culminating in a night time attack by Al-Kamil which resulted in a great number of crusader losses and eventually in the surrender of the army under Pelagius.

He believes the rules and management style of his new skipper, Uchiyama ( Ken Takakura ), are ludicrous, and continues to do things his way, which leads his already dwindling performance to suffer more.

The Eagle Feather Law, which governs the possession and religious use of eagle feathers, was officially written to protect then dwindling eagle populations while still protecting traditional Native American spiritual and religious customs, of which the use of eagles are central.

They receive no mention, for instance, in H. G. Wells ' The War of the Worlds ( 1897 ), which describes a slowly drying Mars, covetous of Earth's resources, but one which still has dwindling oceans such as are depicted on Schiaparelli's maps.

Dugong's current number is dwindling and it is not clear as of now how many are currently alive or what their reproductive trend is.

* 1977 – Because of US budget cuts and dwindling power reserves, the Apollo program's ALSEP experiment packages left on the Moon are shut down.

Today there are dwindling numbers of regional scientists from academic planning programs and mainstream geography departments.

Originally hunter-gatherers, many are now forced to supplement their livelihood as laborers on the cattle ranches that have encroached upon their dwindling natural forest habitat.

" Despite those remarks, there are still some groups in existence today, although the numbers are dwindling.

Frank informs them the next day that supplies, particularly water, are dwindling, and plays them a pre-recorded radio broadcast apparently transmitted by an Army blockade near Manchester, who claim to have " the answer to infection " and invite any survivor to try to reach their safe haven.

In some parts of the world, backyard cricket ( and other similar games ) is one of the very few truly childlike activities that modern adults may participate in without attracting social stigma, and one of the dwindling number of adult activities that are accessible to children.

Many still speak their language ( though numbers are dwindling and Lower Sorbian especially is considered endangered ), and road signs are usually bilingual.

Many public libraries face budgetary problems ; the report noted that " tax dollars that support them are dwindling as property tax revenue declines along with home values and sales taxes fall as consumers spend less.

Lacking customers and faced with dwindling funds, they are eventually hired by the Sedgewick Hotel to investigate a haunting.

:" Current crop yields can only sustain the world's population at subsistence levels, … while nonrenewable energy resources and fresh water supplies are dwindling, and greenhouse gases and other pollutants increase.

The removal of the green crabs are essential in research into the dwindling fish stocks on the East Coast.

Her funds are constantly dwindling ; ultimately she is forced to leave the hotel and live on the streets, and takes up residence in Trafalgar Square.

This bird is found in eastern Europe and Asia although its numbers are dwindling rapidly due to habitat loss and hunting.

The Garou realize that they are a dwindling race and that intraspecies duels commonly occur.

There is evidence that its numbers are dwindling.

Considering the dwindling supply of SmartMedia memory format, these corrupted cards and the devices they support are needlessly being discarded.

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.