Word: diminisher
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...astonishingly enough, nothing so far written about the book has stolen its sense of immediacy or muffled its sound of authenticity. Not even the remembered massive coverage-from the first unblinking TV hours to the 888-page Warren Commission report-can diminish the power of Manchester's all-encompassing narrative...
Though no defense lawyer can eliminate all pretrial opinion, he can diminish it by asking veniremen exactly what they have read in the press-and then prod them to reconsider it entirely in terms of reasonable doubt. Even if they still show prejudice, the attorney may accept them: some people yearn to prove themselves unprejudiced. Moreover, lawyers commonly ask jurors in advance to guarantee disregard for this or that messy fact ("Will you disregard the defendant's adultery?"). Not for nothing does Percy Foreman devote as much as ten days to voir dire. "Once we chose the jury...
...world. The blow-ups suddenly bring him face-to-face with potential involvement in the affairs of other people. He does not, actually, become involved: his nature rules out the possibility of calling the police, he cannot locate the girl, and his interest in the affair begins to diminish when he discovers that the girl has stolen the blow-ups--the only evidence of the crime. Still, for a moment, the detached photographer realizes his involvement sufficiently to consider the alternatives: calling the police, the girl, his friends. It is irrelevant that he fails to act on his discovery; Antonioni...
...students' present strategy is likely to diminish in effectiveness with future letters. The President is already well-aware of their discontent, and the questions they plan to pose have been asked before, by more formidable critics...
...called an "important reversal" in orders for its once slow-moving 2400 copier, earnings outraced increasing costs. Though the year-long gain was nothing like 1965's 47% leap, Wilson seemed almost embarrassed. Some time in the future, he warned, "our percentage rate of growth must, of course, diminish." - Kennecott Copper, one of the three biggest U.S. copper producers, turned a first-half slump resulting from strikes in Chile into a booming year with profits up 22%, to $125 million. Thanks to heavy Pentagon orders and higher prices abroad, Kennecott is well polished for its upcoming $466 million merger...