Word: diminisher
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...improve relations by continuing to negotiate arms reductions, Ivanov said. This would diminish traditional Japanese fears of the Soviet Union as an enemy in the North Pacific, he said...
...professors say there are few alternatives should the foundation option diminish. "You're talking about billions and billions of dollars," explains Huntington. "Foundations have been a great national asset...
...citation were "strict, explicit and explicitly made known to all graduate students." The university has formed a blue-ribbon committee to investigate the alleged infraction. At worst, the school could strip King of his doctorate posthumously. But even though the revelations may tarnish King's reputation, they hardly diminish his - courageous and inspirational accomplishments in helping to achieve racial justice for millions of black Americans...
...MISER. Philip Bosco does everything one could ask in the title role of Moliere's satire, except the indispensable: lurch into believable love-struck madness when his cherished cashbox is stolen. Other actors in this Broadway revival swoop and flutter and generally diminish the text, save for splendidly real and moving bits by John Christopher Jones as a long-suffering servant and Adam Redfield as a splenetic...
With the Soviet decline and the emergence of a prosperous and uniting Europe, the U.S. contribution to the Continent's defense and political stability, while still important, will diminish. That is as it should be. The fact that the U.S. is standing aside as the Germans give economic aid to the Soviets (and the Japanese to China) may be read as a sign of reduced American means and influence. But it is also an overdue form of burden sharing that the U.S. has long urged and that must increasingly be carried beyond the present NATO area...