Word: diminisher
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...presidential aspirants, the most compelling issue in this campaign. Every person Mill argued, should be given all possible liberty, provided it does not infringe on the liberty of others. This must be so, said Mill, even if some people insist on using that liberty to hurt or diminish themselves...
...explain the fact that some attempted social reforms do more harm than good? Given the real need for reform in all societies how do we ensure reforms strengthen rather than diminish individual dignity and self-esteem...
These deficits do not diminish Connally's ambition. He has kept highly visible in recent weeks by speaking at Republican fund raisers and heading a committee that tried to encourage anti-Communist voting in the Italian elections. He plans to attend his very first Republican convention on Aug. 16 in Kansas City. There his personal magnetism and political savvy might just stampede the convention-and the nominee...
...BUSING: My position has always been not for busing as such but that I'm opposed to repeal of the 14th Amendment, which prohibits discrimination. A sensitive Government would use its influence to work with the courts to achieve the elimination of discrimination in ways that diminish the disruption and tensions and the unnecessary busing. Atlanta may be the example of how it should be handled ... They worked out a program in which there's minimum busing, but in which the black feels thoroughly comfortable...
...formula has by now entered the public domain. Not only do his characters seem to know this-and to act out their parts according to the rules-but fans are likely to know who did what to whom pages before Archer does. That kind of discovery will not necessarily diminish public appreciation of Macdonald's great skill-but it certainly will not do Archer's business any good...