Word: diminisher
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Most [PPIA] students come directly from college to here and other schools [of government]. We want to increase minority representation in our student body, so we certainly would not want to too greatly diminish" the number of students accepted directly from college, McCarthy said...
...Although the military denies it, many male soldiers and outside experts also believe that mingling men and women in boot camp--as the Air Force has done since 1977, the Navy since 1992 and the Army since 1994--leads to relaxed standards of physical performance and sexual tensions that diminish boot camp's effectiveness...
When asked if Albright could make the difference, Weld says, "Undoubtedly." She and Helms like each other, although in Washington, a fake relationship, like the one she has with Helms, may trump a real one. A senior State Department official is eager to diminish expectations. "The Helms-Albright pairing is fun Washington stuff. But it's foolish to think that if the Secretary winks at Helms, Weld gets a hearing. It's up to Republicans...
Purists are concerned that this crossbreeding will somehow diminish the importance of the World Series. But the owners felt they needed something to bring back the fans disillusioned by the 1994 strike, and the players are genuinely excited about facing the best of the other league. Now fans in San Diego will be able to see Ken Griffey Jr. in person, just as fans in Seattle will get their first look at Hideo Nomo. Imagine what the N.B.A. would be like if Michael Jordan never came to town...
...spot, shook his pajama leg and out tumbled a bee. The next day Oliver's knee was tender, swollen and hot with venom. After another day or two, a curious thing happened: as the pain from the sting subsided, the ache from the arthritis in that knee began to diminish as well. A few weeks later, the swelling in all of Oliver's joints was gone. A short while after that, the chronic body-wide pain vanished too. Oliver is now a limber 86 years old. He hasn't been bothered by arthritis for 22 years...