Word: lessening
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...conclusion, the report expressed the hope that a thorough study of the problem would not only put the draft on a fairer basis, but would "lessen our dependence on the draft, or perhaps eliminate it entirely...
...underlying purpose of his junket in telling Yugoslav newsmen who accompanied him: "The general impression from these countries is that they firmly will adhere to their attitude on foreign policy problems and international relations, that they are uncommitted and independent countries, and that they fight to lessen international tension...
...same time, confederation would probably allay some of the clamor in West Germany for reunification, thereby lessen the strain on West German loyalty to NATO. West Germans might feel that, without any Russians in the act, they could get along with and even prevail over East German Communists. But the contrary would be true: confederation would give the Soviet puppet government of East Germany a voice, however small, in the common affairs of Germany, and that voice would not long be reticent...
...between the Mashona and the fierce Matabele were only a distant rumbling. To frustrate Arab slave raiders, the Batonga took a typical way out: their women were ordered to knock out their four upper incisors and insert porcupine quills and twigs through holes bored in their noses. Object: to lessen their attractiveness and, therefore, their value in the slave marts. When the white men arrived and broke the power of the Matabele with guns and treaties, the Batonga submitted quietly and kept on as before...
...discover a function to perform. As Radcliffe's activities become more and more merged with Harvard's and as Radcliffe editors become more numerous on Harvard publications, the scope and readership of a purely Radcliffe literary venture narrows. Yet the persistence of the Annex over the years tends to lessen any idea that her press will ever stop completely...