Word: lessens
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...That does not lessen my commitment, however, to governments that reflect the will of the people. Each nation gives life to this principle in its own way, grounded in the traditions of its own people. America does not presume to know what is best for everyone, just as we would not presume to pick the outcome of a peaceful election. But I do have an unyielding belief that all people yearn for certain things: the ability to speak your mind and have a say in how you are governed; confidence in the rule of law and the equal administration...
...H1N1 virus,” a third of Americans erroneously believed a vaccine against the virus is available, and a third were unaware that there are anti-viral drugs to treat the flu. The survey also found that more than half of Americans are taking action to lessen their chances of coming in contact with the virus. One in four people are avoiding air travel, and 12 percent have stopped hugging and kissing close friends and relatives. Though the survey revealed several notable trends, Blendon cautioned against drawing individual conclusions from the results. “Our expertise...
With 20,000 U.S. troops set to arrive in Afghanistan in the months ahead, some worry that more forces will mean more contact with the insurgents. Western military planners counter that the extra boots on the ground will lessen the dependency on airpower - and the risk of civilian deaths. Nader Nadery, head of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, says it's "too soon to judge" whether changes in coalition policy are making a difference since the fighting season in Afghanistan has just begun. However, says Nadery, what's certain is that the Taliban continue to use civilians as human...
...accused means detainees are frequent targets of abuse, either in the form of violent interrogations or beatings at the hands of other prisoners, legal experts say. Most suspects are now kept in detention centers run the Public Security Bureau, but moving them to the custody of judicial officials could lessen the likelihood of abuse. "Oral confessions should not be used as evidence any more," Liu says. "And detention centers should be overseen by judicial administrative offices, instead of the police." Until the government enacts those fundamental reforms, then the list of China's jail dead will only grow...
...pandemic is to develop a vaccine. But doing so can take months. In the interim, antivirals may play a vital roll by making ill patients less contagious. When a person is sick with the flu, he or she "sheds" virus through coughing, sneezing and other excretions. Effective antivirals lessen the amount of virus a patient sheds (because the patient is not as severely ill) and shortens the length of time he or she sheds virus at all. Taking this into account, Neil Ferguson of Imperial College in London has used mathematical modeling to show that antivirals would help slow...