Word: lessening
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...meeting last night a new amendment to the constitution was brought up and adopted. It is designed to lessen the burdens of the Secretary, because these duties in the past have been too great a burden...
Precisely how much these three factors will lessen the problem cannot be accurately ascertained until the summer, but there will undoubtedly be a group of Freshmen who will be unable to enter the Houses in any case...
Next to Vassar's "Future Gold Star Mothers," I think the above mentioned ad the rottenest exhibition of very bad taste that I have known in my entire lifetime. There is nothing in the drool (in smaller print) under the cartoon that can lessen the sting of the picture and its caption...
...previous expedition, Mr. Lake had an equally unpleasant experience. A sudden heat wave overlook him and his party far from camp. A wee nip of Scotch was proposed to lessen the ravages of climate. The suggestion was approved. A bottle was produced, opened,--and dropped with disgust. The servants had packed vinegar by mistake...
...wage contract expired. Last week with a contract due to expire in a fortnight, miners and operators had little argument, agreed amicably. This was in itself a milestone in U. S. labor relations. The fact that their mutual agreement was an agreement to have a strike did not lessen the importance of the innovation...