Word: diminish
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...commitment of the University to this type of investment is definitely firm. Treasurer D. Ronald Daniel says that although the University would not want to put more than one-fifth of the endowment into such holdings, it definitely will not diminish its involvement...
...even great expectations could not diminish the celebration when the title was finally captured. The Crimson rolled through an unblemished 15-game schedule. They weren't alone when the final horn sounded--more than 200 Harvard fans made the trek to Palmer Stadium in Princeton in the middle of final exams to help celebrate the title...
...time, you are ignored, even if, as a parent, you hold all the theoretical power. The helicopters signaled that we were still on the Sandinistas' side. They already believed we weren't. If that impression stuck, our ability to influence their decisions would diminish. And at that time, when the question of their actually transferring office was very much in doubt, our influence was more crucial than ever...
That the Earth Day image has been hijacked by cheap merchandise does not in itself diminish the importance of Earth Day. But by treating the event as if it were the Super Bowl or Head of the Charles Weekend, its message is obscured, and support for environmental conservation is reduced to a mere fad. Earth Day now more resembles the Simpsons or Batman than a crucial consciousness-raising event...
Last week Iran's supreme spiritual leader, Ayatullah Ali Khamenei, reaffirmed the death sentence against Rushdie proclaimed a year ago by his predecessor, Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini. "Mercenary hands which try to diminish Islam by cultural plots like writing blasphemous books," Khamenei said, would be punished...