Word: diminisher
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...West German exports will surge from less than 35% of industrial output currently to more than 50%. But lopsidedly favorable German trade balances will finally begin to diminish because Germans will be investing more of their marks abroad while paying more for raw materials from the developing countries...
...aura about her, sparked by her suicide in 1971, which makes you wonder, "Is she one who saw too much and couldn't stand up to the vision?" For that vision was so intense, so brutally direct and precise, even translation into the photographic medium did not diminish its power. The collection of Arbus's work at the Worcester Art Museum testifies to this. Repulsion and fascination are wrenched out of your guts when your eyes interlock with those of dwarves, transvestites, nudists, howling babies, and even a human pin cushion. What small sympathy you can muster is directed inward...
...occasions, Baker had flatly denied that there were any Watergate-related contacts between himself and the President since Feb. 7, when the committee was formed. Later he admitted that he had indeed met with the President and explained that he had kept it secret for fear that publicity might diminish the chances of getting the President to change his stand on Executive privilege. Asked how it felt to be described by White House operatives as a man who could be influenced, the Senator replied: "It doesn't bother me one damn bit because it didn't happen...
...cold war game, only with more patience and subtlety. By creating a false sense of security through the conference, this theory goes, the Soviet Union could lay the groundwork for its future domination of Western Europe. NATO Secretary-General Joseph Luns says bluntly: "The Russians are trying to diminish the American presence in Europe, and eventually completely end it, by this conference...
...former P.O.W.s, along with their wives and friends and one Playboy Playmate, the occasion was one of joy that not even a downpour could diminish. Most of them squished happily through the bog that had once been the White House lawn. One veteran of a Viet Nam prison remarked, "It's not the first time I've sat in the mud to eat, but at least this time I have a chair...