Word: diminisher
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...policies are carefully designed. The return in lowered fertility and healthier children and more equitably served families is clearly worth the effort. Malnourished mothers give birth to weak and unhealthy infants, and have problems nursing them. Such infants often die, and this leads to frequent pregnancies, which in turn diminish their occupational and economic status. This makes sons more desirable than daughters, and when only daughters are born, another pregnancy must ensue in order to try again...
...carried this belief with him through the campaign, arguing that he would dramatically diminish "clubhouse government," in which powerful men arranged things among themselves on the phone or over lunch. Then he went to the White House, and something changed his mind...
Even as Britain and the U.S. continue to press Prime Minister Ian Smith's regime in Rhodesia toward accepting black majority rule, "Smithy" lashed out at nationalist guerrillas operating from across the border in Mozambique. The incident could further diminish the chances of a settlement and inflame the situation in southern Africa...
...first, Begin had to convince his party colleagues that his appointment of Dayan was a sound decision. Failure to do so would greatly diminish his chances of forming a strong government -let alone governing effectively. As for Dayan, he defended his deal with Likud as a patriotic duty. But "if Begin has any regrets," he added, "there won't be any complaints from me, even if I fall between two stools...
...letter, dated April 27, Mackay-Smith said as the "chances diminish daily" of the society's keeping its present director, "it would be professionally irresponsible to organize a tour for a group whose quality of music I cannot vouch...