Word: diminishes
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...seek to diminish the Massachusetts citizenry’s ability to decide the matter of marriage rights for itself. We say only that the citizenry has already made its will abundantly clear, and that the only responsible decision left for Romney and his allies is to drop the issue and let the Commonwealth continue to exist as it has. The recent decision of the Massachusetts Legislature was commendable; let’s hope that the Governor follows in this path of responsible statesmanship...
Aaron D. Chadbourne, chair of the UC’s Student Affairs Committee (SAC), who worked with the Registrar’s development team, said that he suspected the “seal” feature could “diminish shopping period” because any move to streamline registration potentially makes it easier to abolish shopping period in the future...
...Americans may react less stoically and with more surface passion, New Yorkers rescued others from burning buildings, went back to work on 9/12 and spent two years digging through rubble to find any dna that could be used to bring closure to grieving families. No act of terrorism could diminish our American spirit, nor should the world fail to recognize that we too have grace and dignity under pressure. Andrea Pines New York City A Good Shepherd's Tale "How the shepherd saved the seal," about the rescue of a wounded U.S. Navy seal on a commando mission in Afghanistan...
...uncomfortable with the chants of "Be-ne-det-to!" by young Catholics eager to pick up the old "Gio-van-ni Paolo!" tradition. (In subsequent weeks, he even shushed them.) "John Paul built a rapport based on [such] enthusiasm," says a Rome-based Cardinal. "This Holy Father tends to diminish the importance of enthusiasm." While preaching, Karol Wojtyla would wave, gesticulate and repeatedly make the sign of the Cross. Benedict's pulpit style is austere by contrast, which more and more seems a philosophical choice rather than a personal reticence. During his Bari homily, which lauded observation of the Sabbath...
...Americans, especially New Yorkers, to the events of 9/11 was equally so. While Americans may react less stoically and with more surface passion, New Yorkers rescued others from burning buildings, went back to work on 9/12 and spent two years digging through rubble. No act of terrorism could diminish our American spirit, nor should the world fail to recognize that we too have grace and dignity under pressure...