Word: diminisher
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...infertile men have become parents as a result, and methods are being explored to restore fertility in both men and women who are undergoing cancer treatment. The same technique can be used for women who postpone childbearing to a point in their lives when their fertility would naturally diminish...
...despicable act of terrorism is not the issue. The real disaster is the loss of 230 lives and with them the happiness of the thousands who held them close. Whatever the cause, this is truly the grief of Greek tragedy. Finding the reason for it will never diminish the loss. MIKE FOSTER Randwick, Australia...
...focusing the mind on a single sound or image brings about a set of physiological changes that are the opposite of the "fight-or-flight response." With meditation, heart rate, respiration and brain waves slow down, muscles relax and the effects of epinephrine and other stress-related hormones diminish. Studies have shown that by routinely eliciting this "relaxation response," 75% of insomniacs begin to sleep normally, 35% of infertile women become pregnant and 34% of chronic-pain sufferers reduce their use of painkilling drugs...
...talked of ending her program in the next year or two and moving on to other projects, but her charismatic appeal is unlikely to diminish. "Oprah is probably the greatest media influence on the adult population," says writer Fran Lebowitz. "She is almost a religion." Amen...
That some bidders and buyers were more interested in preening themselves before the world does not diminish the ardor which was plainly evident within, and more significantly, beyond, Sotheby's showrooms...