Word: diminisher
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...argues that special attention must be paid to two crucial stages of development: prenatal and early childhood, and early adolescence. Brain damage to the fetus through malnutrition or drug abuse can diminish intellectual ability. And failure to form a secure attachment to an adult in the first two years of life can hamper a child's learning as well as emotional growth. To forestall such damage, Hamburg asserts, women must have access to prenatal care, drug-treatment programs and nutrition counseling. It also helps to assign parental mentors to new mothers (and fathers), and to consolidate social and health services...
...spite of her dimness--or perhaps because of it--Griffith renders a convincing performance as a perspicacious woman whose intelligence is often masked by a ditzy facade. Her work lends a great deal of warmth and humor to the film, which nonetheless does not diminish the impact of the appalling reality of Hitler's regime...
...power of local governments increases, that of Congress will diminish in the coming decades, Alexander said...
Soviet and American diplomats were back at it last week, trying to make an agreement out of the disarmament bombshells that George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev had just finished lobbing at each other. The latest round of benevolent one-upmanship is intended to diminish the danger of war, save money both countries need for domestic spending and set a good example for the rest of the world...
...Petersburg's architectural charm and rich history will do little to diminish the formidable obstacles confronting Sobchak as he tries to reform the city's economy. His advisers are working on plans to create a "free economic zone" around the city by Jan. 1, in the hope that lower taxes and fewer customs barriers will encourage foreign banks and companies to invest. So far, Moscow is going along with the idea. But even Anatoly Chubais, Sobchak's chief economic adviser, admits that the free economic zone is "a risky policy" prone to failure if Russia's economy as a whole...