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Contractive

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Con`tract´ive
a.1.Tending to contract; having the property or power or power of contracting.


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Figure 2, a graphical representation of the Southern Hemispheric annual plot, depicts a consistent and definitive contractive pattern with little interruption.
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First, every change in the exchange rate has two effects--expansive for some, contractive for others.
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Whether we experience health or sickness, love or hatred, strength or weakness, wisdom or ignorance, joy or sorrow, depends entirely on whether we apply these ordinary human tools in an expansive or contractive manner.
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