Word: diminisher
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...seems that quiet meditation or strong drink are all that remain for the farmers. The Kennedy program offers them only a streamlined version of the Democratic price support program which has been in effect since the war years. Although the Nixon program sets forth a definite plan to diminish surpluses, it also threatens literally to "abolish the farmers...
...gain from unity and that the advantages to be gained from separation are minimal. Yet tribalism in one guise remains an immensely potent element. Every one denounces it, but it has a vitality which reaches well back into the African past. Most modern forces no doubt work to diminish rather than to enhance tribalism, but the major ethnic groups obviously provide pre-existing constituencies which the politician finds it alluring to draw from...
Culver insisted, however, that a program of Federal assistance would not diminish the need for the drive...
...stars in the night sky it was quickly sighted by observers in England. Australia and Japan. After it has been bombarded by meteorites and misshapen by the cold of sunless space, it is anybody's guess how long Echo I will remain on course. But this did not diminish the jubilation of scientists. Said T. Keith Glennan of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration: "It has been a long, hard road, but it is awfully nice to come to the end of it with success...
...unexciting pace, the FRB has been criticized for reining credit too tightly. While industrial production is affected by factors other than the discount rate, there is a notable correlation between the two (see charts). When credit tightens and the discount rate is increased, production tends to level off or diminish; after credit eases, production tends to rise because more and cheaper money encourages businessmen to expand...