Word: diminisher
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...there any way of retrieving from the hyperactive market some means of preserving what is not for sale? Arguably, there is. Assuming that the appetites of collectors will not diminish in the near future, governments might well impose a conservation tax on every work of art that is sold at auction for more than, say, $100,000. The figure need not be high; 5% would rake off millions of dollars annually into a pool that could be administered by some suitable international body for conservation and restoration needs-in urban space, architecture, sculpture, painting -anywhere in the world...
...been donated by Russia to the Palais des Nations. There was particular gloom in the U.S. space community, especially among the astronauts. Beyond their sorrow for the dead cosmonauts, they felt that the accident-coming as it did on the eve of the Apollo 15 moon shot-might well diminish public enthusiasm for manned space travel...
...court's decision may prove historic, but it is unlikely to diminish the continuing controversy. For the first time, countless citizens were confronting questions that had never bothered them before. Precisely what should be kept secret? Who should decide? When should secrecy end? Forced onto the defensive, President Nixon ordered all of the documents delivered to the Congress but with secrecy labels still in effect. Congressional leaders promised multiple investigations into what the documents reveal about past U.S. war plans and how the many futile decisions were reached. Reflecting what seems to be nearly the end of public tolerance...
...basically incompatible with the role of the cunning diplomat. For if he were obligated to predicate his actions upon such obstacles as popular will and honest information, then his actions could be predicted and the diplomat's flexibility-his capacity to pursue a policy of threat-would rapidly diminish. And if Kissinger was determined to accomplish anything, it was to remove every conceivable constraint from policymaking so that the President's calculated guile could run its course. If the bureaucracy could be curbed, and Congress circumvented, then the policy of threat would become a reality. And that is precisely what...
...demand for American smokes overseas. Despite advertising restrictions in Britain, Italy and elsewhere, cigarette smoking abroad is rising faster than in the U.S.; Philip Morris increased its international sales 18% last year. Most of all, executives feel that smoking has too strong a hold on too many people to diminish quickly. "People enjoy smoking, and they are going to continue to smoke," says Smith of R.J. Reynolds. Cigarette foes cannot yet prove him wrong...