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...broader contours, Cloverfield evokes real-life horror. The Wall Street area already had its monster mash, on 9/11. So there's no way you can watch downtown panic and crumbling towers without it seeming a bit... familiar. Naturally the director says, he didn't want to diminish or exploit the residue of grief from 9/11. And, as the press notes inform us, "The visual effects teams even took care that the collapsing buildings in the film were older-looking structures that did not evoke the style of the structures that were attacked six years earlier." You're right, visual effects...
...Pats. Says Hall of Fame coach and ex-Buffalo Bills general manager Marv Levy: "I saw one or two other former coaches say, Oh, everybody does it. Baloney. I didn't do it, and I know many others who didn't do that type of thing ... It will diminish the impact of an accomplishment like going undefeated...
Moderate physical activity - even an unhurried 30-minute stroll a day - may diminish the risk for vascular dementia among the elderly, according to a new study published this week in the online journal Neurology...
...unaccompanied piano. Elkies’s dramatic opening begged for more dynamic contrast, but by no fault of his own. For logistical purposes, the top of the grand piano had been removed, which drastically reduced the projection of its sound into the audience. However, this shortcoming did not severely diminish the introduction’s effectiveness—especially since Elkies was very sensitive to the ends of his phrases, often tapering off in delicate pianissimos...
Back from exile to run for Prime Minister. Her anticipated victory would diminish Musharraf's power...