Word: lessening
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...generous to all the groups they need to hold in those seats they claim by the narrowest of margins. The major reforms to superannuation will make Baby Boomers more relaxed about retirement; it may keep some of them, and the next generation, in work a few years longer to lessen the economic fallout of an ageing population...
...every member of this community aspires to create the former. This incident is hardly paradigmatic, but is instead indicative of the human flaws that plague even those who seem to have it all.In no way have we enjoyed witnessing the fall of our peer, nor do we intend to lessen the seriousness of her transgression by pointing to the improprieties of others. What she did was wrong; we are, quite simply, disappointed...
...acting locally. Paul Feiner, Town Supervisor Greenburgh, New York, U.S. The report on global warming makes a convincing case that our planet is getting hotter, but shouldn't we at least be considering the possibility that we are going through a natural cycle that we can't stop or lessen? All the solutions focus on reducing carbon dioxide, which may be a good idea, but shouldn't we also be thinking about how we can adapt to environmental change, as all species have had to do since the beginning of time? Charles W. Meyer Fremont, California, U.S. time's cover...
...might think the answer in those thorny situations would be to "just give them pain medicine". You'd be wrong. Sure, narcotics like codeine, morphine and all their addicting cousins will temporarily lessen most pains, even undiagnosed ones; the problem is they work less well with every passing week and as you "get used to them," the pain - whose source has not been in any way removed by these drugs - will actually increase. Trust me: If there is anything worse than an undiagnosed pain patient, it's an addicted, undiagnosed pain patient...
...language, the idea that these young men who had died had not died in vain. In World War II, there was a consensus over what had to be done in fighting Hitler and fascism. Now people are not sure why we're fighting [in Iraq]. All of these things lessen support, as we see month by month, and will make it much harder for the President to sustain the commitment that he says is necessary until some sort of stable democracy is established over there...