Word: diminisher
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...most colorful institutions to change its charter, the staff assumes a posture that has received little support from the campus at large. People have seemed to enjoy the annual Hasty Pudding show for years--both men and women alike--and we think that including women in the cast would diminish its unique draw...
...bound to crumble, and the number of political parties in the country will probably shrink from the current nine to two or three. Though corruption will surely not disappear, the current need for politicians to raise huge sums of under-the-table cash for re-election will diminish. Perhaps most important, the new system will help shift power from rural voters and rice-farming interests to city dwellers, who are the vast, underrepresented majority...
...staffs again analyze the original HIV samples, the mystery was solved. The strain that Gallo had presented as the AIDS virus -- and used to develop a blood test for the disease -- had been accidentally contaminated by a virus from a French sample. Gallo insisted that this mistake did not diminish the achievements of his researchers, because they had also isolated several other strains...
...Besides, our running game will diminish theimportance of height. Our forwards are lightningfast, and we should beat people up and down thecourt...
Jordan's absence from the court will not diminish his presence on the small screen. He will remain Nike's main salesman, for which the company pays him an estimated $20 million a year. (Nike in turn earns 10 times that much selling products with Jordan's imprimatur on them.) Jordan recently signed a 10-year deal with the Sara Lee company to promote everything from Hanes underwear to Ball Park franks. He has a 10-year $18 million contract with Quaker Oats to sell Gatorade. "Michael is truly in the league of legends. Whether he is playing or retired...