The nation's huge military buildup of the 1980's is now being matched by an equally rapid shrinkage of the military industry.

So next year, investors will really have to learn to live with the rapid shrinkage of this venerable $3.4 trillion market.

Customers at the nation's savings and loans withdrew $7 billion more than they deposited in October, as the industry continued its rapid shrinkage, the Government said last week.

Customers of savings and loan assocations withdrew $14.8 billion in deposits in June and July as the industry continued its rapid shrinkage, the Government said today.

Almost at once a rapid shrinkage of the arable area began.

Lawmakers have acted, too, approving several measures in recent years to protect the prison system against rapid shrinkage.

Four months later, the United States Geological Survey completed a year-long study which concluded in part that the floating Arctic sea ice will continue its rapid shrinkage over the next 50 years, consequently wiping out much of the polar bear habitat.

The improved drainage caused a rapid shrinkage of the peat fen and land levels dropped.

He said it was impossible to overestimate the political impact of the decline of the real estate business, now "flat as a fritter," as he put it, and the rapid shrinkage of the state's big military contractors and military installations.

Savings and loan customers withdrew $14.7 billion in deposits in August and September as the industry continued its rapid shrinkage, the Government said this week.