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...innovative approach would be for multinationals to set up outposts in developing lands that would be 51% or more owned by local people or governments. Giving them a majority stake would diminish the danger of expropriation. Sperry has set up such joint ventures in many countries, and it has learned that to demand majority ownership is, in Lyet's words, "a very outdated, obtuse approach." If a company supplies the technology and the marketing expertness, it has effective control even if it does not own most of the stock...
Wrong. The fact that Harvard did not convert on the fake field goal did not diminish its ability as a football team. The reality is that such a statement shows what prevents Harvard from being a better football team, and why darkness still reigns...
...shot found its way around the right field foul poll and into the seats for the game's first run in the second. And when Yaz popped to third for the final out of the game, myths may have been shattered about his supernatural skills, but respect did not diminish...
...hostile power blocs and political systems, estranged races and classes, various ideologies and religions. Christianity is divided also. The Catholic Church, being the largest and a worldwide church, could, if truly united, perform an important service in this divided world. It could assist in a very concrete way to diminish and remove the tensions and contradictions in Christianity and in the world, and to render possible a more human life...
...when ABC News introduces its new network evening-news format, which will replace two New York-based anchors with four regional supercorrespondents. More and more stations are buying electronic gear, like minicams, that makes it easier to cover breaking news "live," a move that some TV journalists say will diminish the anchor role...