Word: lessening
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...whole," says Grossman, Morgenthau "emerges from the record as an excellent Secretary of the Treasury and Mr. Roosevelt emerges as a great President. But there is sufficient in the diary to lessen the reputation of many important men and to provide a field day for Mr. Roosevelt's bitter opponents...
...lessen the drain on U.S. reserves. Another factor not lost on Washington: Arabian oil could-and would-provide ample fuel for the Navy in the Middle East. As to diplomatic ramifications of the deal, the Department of State merely said: "It's just a business deal...
This did nothing to lessen the suspicions of the authorities, well versed in the fast-moving Rubinstein saga. Serge had been fleeing something, usually the authorities, most of his life...
...express an up-to-date opinion of committee members. A house committee tends to lose contact with the house. Not only are office holding opportunities restricted thus, but one or another "elique" in a house can easily manage to make the committee an "oligarchy of power." Frequent elections lessen these possibilities...
...trade journal of British newsdom, World's Press News, looked into the matter, concluded that Churchill had every technical right to release the speeches. That seemed to solve the legalities of it, but did little to lessen the indignation of Britons over the moral decision Winston Churchill made...