Word: diminisher
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...ears. (Knight, the glowering genius who cut Charles Barkley from the '84 Olympic tryouts, is the coach whose Indiana University team is right up there in the all-important tantrums- endured statistical category.) But as cartoon figures like Knight cease to be visible, their need to overact will diminish. So will their salaries, as they cease to be celebrities, and chemistry departments across the nation will be able to afford new test tubes...
...Defense Secretary's biggest challenge will be to diminish the hostility and mistrust between the White House and the Pentagon, which came into full bloom when Clinton clashed with Joint Chiefs Chairman Colin Powell on the gay issue. "Not since Carter has a President been so disliked by the military," said a Joint Chiefs staff officer. Uniformed personnel ranging from privates to generals routinely refer to their Commander in Chief as "Slick Willy" and "Draft Dodger." Beyond the financial affronts like Clinton's proposed government pay freeze, which will save $18 billion in military spending, the ranks are rife with...
...gays and lesbians can be as romantic as anyone else. Some researchers speculate that homosexuality results from a biochemical anomaly that occurs during fetal development. But that doesn't make romance among gays any less real. "That they direct this love toward their own sex," says Walsh, "does not diminish the value of that love one iota...
...president is traditionally the first officer chosen by the Review. The other officers are to be elected over the next week, according to Nguyen. That selection process has been changed to diminish the president's power in choosing officers, after last spring's troubles...
Those efforts may already be underway. The new Review president will be elected February 7, followed by elections of the other officers. Traditionally, the new president has significant discretion in the selection of his or her officers, but next year's officers have already chosen to diminish their president's role in this regard...