Word: diminisher
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...photo of Yeltsin, has little else to go on. Russian television today simply showed Yeltsin receiving a bunch of flowers inside the Central Clinical Hospital, then his motorcade speeding away through the hospital gate.Yeltsin apparently has a form of heart diseasecalled unstable angina, in which arteries narrow and diminish the blood supply to the heart...
...Party leader by a vote of 218 to 89 over challenger John Redwood. Major wasted no time in reshuffling his Cabinet to reward loyalists from the center and the left of his party. At issue: Britain's future role in the European Union, which Conservative "Euro-skeptics'' fear will diminish their country's independence. Analysts say the real winner in the leadership contest was the Labour Party--now enjoying a nearly 30-point lead in polls and gaining strength for the general election, which must take place by spring...
...world and the consciousnessof humanity, as we all know, has a dual nature,bringing into question at every step of the waythe very values it is based upon or which itpropagates. The thousands of marvelousachievements of this civilization that work for usso well and enrich us can equally impoverish,diminish and destroy our lives, and frequently do.Instead of serving people, many of these creationsenslave them. Instead of helping people to developtheir identities, they take them away. Almostevery invention or discovery--from the splittingof the atom and the discovery of DNA to televisionand the computer--can be turned against us andused...
None of this is meant to diminish in the least the magnitude of the human tragedy at Oklahoma City. The images of that day will forever be ingrained in the national consciousness: limbs and lives--and most terrifying of all, babies--strewn about in a smoldering pile of death. There is not, nor will there ever be, a bill or verdict powerful enough to undo the spectacular crime committed in Oklahoma City. But it is naive and irresponsible for our media and our political leaders to fail to address the substantive reasons for the bombing, rather than dwell...
...nomination, Dole swiped at "single-issue constituencies," like those seeking to preserve "the right to bear arms." Today Dole favors repealing the ban on assault weapons. Back then Dole described America as "the Mother of Exiles" and spoke movingly about "not fearing that new Americans [might] threaten to diminish a finite national wealth." Today he supports the G.O.P.'s anti-immigrant stance. Back then he warned against "dividing a people to conquer office" and about "exacerbating [racial tensions] for political advantage." Today he opposes the affirmative-action programs he used to defend...