Word: lessening
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...Mansfield Amendment, sponsored by anti-war activists in Congress hoping to lessen the Defense Department's influence on universities, cut off all funds granted by the Defense Department to colleges unless they had a direct bearing on the war in Vietnam...
...lessen that risk, the College should make sure that these students living with documented mental illness have extra attention paid to their needs. Tutors should set up appointments with them and keep in contact with the students' psychiatrists or doctors...
There is one feasible, attractive solution for humanities and social science classes: require students to turn in a draft of a paper in the two or three weeks before classes end and reading period begins. This will serve two purposes: first, it will lessen the burden on students during reading period because they will only have to revise a draft rather than create one from scratch. In addition, spreading out the work of a paper will lighten the load all around. Second, and more important from a teaching standpoint, it will improve students' writing. It is amazing how much better...
...Cadillacs, Buicks, Chevrolets and Geos. Such tactics can put dealers in a vise. "The Fed's rate hikes have dampened the ability of many Chevrolet customers to buy that new vehicle," says Bill Wolf, owner of Wolf Chevrolet/Geo in Belvidere, Illinois. "But it's difficult for a dealer to lessen the effect of the hikes by discounting much further, because there isn't that much profit left...
This situation ought to be considered intolerable. Hence, I propose that the administration--instead of lobbying Congress for the continuation of federal funds--begin working on a plan to lessen Harvard's dependence on the federal government, with the eventual goal of refusing to accept any federal funds for any purpose whatsoever...