Word: lessening
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...President Johnson demonstrated something more than a presidential duty. He showed that warmth and friendship can play a part in international politics. Can a mourner lessen one's grief? Perhaps not, but for some inexplicable reason he helps somehow. He doesn't do anything, he's just there, that...
...institute was founded largely to lessen the denominational barriers between the seven schools. The venture "will provide clergy and laity with a unique opportunity to study theological and multidisciplinary conrses across denominational and disciplinary boundaries," Reverend Walter G. Muelder, BTI executive chairman and dean of Boston University's School of Theology, said Saturday...
Devaluation will make Britain's exports cheaper and more attractive abroad, thus helping to lessen its huge balance-of-payments deficit, one of the chief causes of the pound's trouble. In the arcane, gentlemanly confines of the world's money managers, Britain has long been considered a naughty boy. In such circles, a nation's currency is its honor, and Britain's has been constantly imperiled by the country's inability to earn its own way in the world. The decision of the major powers not to devalue works to make the British...
...assistant pastor of New York City's Roman Catholic Church of the Resurrection-Ascension. "The great theological problem is to determine what our free choices are. With the help of psychology, we are beginning to understand that there are forces at work in a human being that can lessen his culpability...
...major problem in electing the student representatives is that most Harvard students simply do not know each other. Dean Ford's decision to hold at-large elections by Houses and Freshmen will lessen this difficulty, but each Dean or Master should make certain that any candidate may have a position paper mimeographed without cost. Each constituency should also hold an open meeting at which candidates and students can discuss issues...