Word: diminisher
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...another. If Jones won, the President would in theory have to answer to any of the 586 of U.S. District Court judges who might choose to haul him into their courtroom if cases are filed against him. And opening a President up to litigation like Jones' would inevitably diminish the stature of the office. "Much of what Presidents rely on is their power of persuasion," notes presidential historian Michael Beschloss. "It is very hard for them to be persuasive if what is being heard is this kind of low stuff...
...housing crisis is getting bigger and is not going to diminish over the next two years," he said...
...canned goods--the rough opposite of greed and gluttony--we are in some Darwinian sense "misusing" our equipment of reciprocal altruism; the equipment is being "fooled" by electronic technology into (unconsciously) thinking that the victims of famine are right next door and might someday reciprocate. But that doesn't diminish the act. Our capacity to thus distort biological purpose, to prevail over our selfish heritage, is a deep source of hope and a glimmer of true goodness...
...police officials. The DEA believes that Garcia Abrego is behind the transformation of Mexico from a smalltime marijuana supplier to a clearinghouse for huge cocaine shipments. But prosecutors referred to Garcia Abrego throughout the trial as "the big cheese," it is unlikely that his internment will do much to diminish the flow of drugs across the border. "Abrego's Gulf Cartel is essentially a family-run operation," says TIME's Laura Lopez. "It is likely that one of his relatives will just step in and keep it going." -->