Word: lessening
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...announced: "The U. S. branch of the Salvation Army is not satisfied with the governmental reforms promised by the new General. Absolute control over territorial commands now exercised by international headquarters in London is cause of the greatest resentment on the part of Americans. The American branch wants to lessen that control and decentralize the Government...
...unquestionably good," he remarked, "in that it will make the game a great deal fairer. Our team last season can recall occasions when an unfortunate fumble changed the whole score. The best team in the world is apt to lose through some unlucky break. The new rule will lessen such occurrences. But," he added, "it does so by sacrificing excitement. It seems to me that the present tendency calls for an excessive removal of chance. Breaks have a real place in a football game; they certainly give it a healthy tenseness; and I don't think...
...spend money and to have our soldiers living in barracks which the Chief of Staff of the Army recently stated were indecent and below the standard for the meanest type of housing permitted anywhere. And the wise, properly timed construction of needed public improvements would substantially tend to lessen the evils of unemployment...
...know how to work by themselves, or because complete lack of supervision has led them to believe that no work is expected of them. A few extra tests and reports during these opening months would both enable the instructors to keep in close touch with their students, and would lessen the shock of the November hours...
...chief effects of the final changes were two: 1) to limit the life of the new Flood Control Board, by referring to the Mississippi River Commission instead of to the Board the proposed survey of the river's tributaries, a task which will take many years; 2) to lessen the Government's liability for damages and expenses by specifying that damage claims are not retroactive and providing that the U. S. need not buy flowage rights over lands which the river now floods naturally. The face cost of the bill remained...