Word: diminisher
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...something like the status quo in Berlin. The Russians, who wanted something to show for backing off farther from Khrushchev's Berlin ultimatum (which expired uneventfully on the day of Dulles' funeral), were haggling for token concessions from the West. Sample: a promise from the West to diminish its intelligence and propaganda operations in West Berlin. The Western ministers indicated their willingness to make some such concessions...
...defenses and foreign affairs, are resigned to the political necessity of releasing the imprisoned P.A.P. Communist-liners. But Singapore is no longer so fearful of their oratory and intrigue: news from "back home" about the People's communes and the shock of Tibet have done much to diminish Peking's prestige among overseas Chinese...
...check the rising pressure in a steam boiler by plugging up the safety valve." The real cause of rising industrial prices since the war, charged Blough, is rising employment costs, which now "represent more than 75% of all costs." Furthermore, said Blough, the O'Mahoney bill would "diminish still further the profit incentive," could lead to "the destruction of the greatest industrial machine the world has thus far known...
When Albert L. Jacobs '61, a member of the Student Council, spoke to the Masters about extending parietal hours on Friday nights, they told him they opposed extension because it would displace roommates who do not have guests, diminish the atmosphere of a men's school, and prevent students from preparing for Saturday classes...
...away from the meeting by the highly encouraging employment figures for March, released only the day before by the Administration. They showed that unemployment fell by about 390.000 to 4,360,000, while employment climbed by 1,100,000 to 63.8 million. But that did not in the slightest diminish the decibel count of the 7,000 people (about half of them actually unemployed, the other half union functionaries) who gathered in Washington's National Guard Armory...