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Back in London, there were policy constraints, spending cuts, a diminished world role even under Mrs Thatcher.

"The appetite for risk over the last couple of years has diminished, so life has become more difficult, " he said.

As the Grand Masters fell, they drew upon the flower kingdom's light in an attempt to save themselves and our light diminished as a result.

The following fall, we realized that all our growing pains had not diminished what was a very precious connection.

Justice Samuel Alito Jr. wrote that the rule diminished "the effectiveness" of the rich candidate's spending and of his speech.

It's easy to have terrific meeting diminished in some way by an oversight on a small logistical detail.

As for the unionists, they argue that Britain would be diminished on the world stage if Scotland were to go its own way.

A great many worries can be diminished by realizing the unimportance of the matter which is causing the anxiety.

A year ago, wrangling over the price of gas sold by Russia to Ukraine briefly diminished the flow of gas through Ukraine to Europe.

Given transaction costs, any attempt to follow every move of the market will end up with happy brokers but a diminished investment account.

But expectations about how much the U. S. economy can rebound have diminished.

The supply of flour had been long diminished, so there was no bread or pastries of any kind.

None of these affected his unassuming modesty or diminished the warmth and generosity of his heart.

And because so much of that content is not available in record stores, the risk of channel conflict is greatly diminished.

These results show that the charm of the Beetles has not diminished at all over the years.

Beijing cracked down on street vending ahead of the Olympics a year ago, and the number of peddlers in the city center remains diminished.

Hanging on to the bank until stockmarkets picked up might have sharply diminished its remaining franchise value.

"Well its been a good yr too bad its over, " the actor, 22, Tweeted Friday, seemingly alluding to his diminished role on the show.

For all the pomp and circumstance of his four-nation Asian tour, Barack Obama was seen to leave Seoul a diminished president.

He said, "Then we could be know on another better that way, and our household expenses would be diminished. "

Such killings seem to have diminished slightly in recent years, but remain a significant problem.

The sensation of his hands was intact, but strength was slightly diminished.

I do not desire to see it diminished, nor would I endeavor to lessen it in any man.

"Given this, the near-term dangers of a disorderly default and a Greek exit from the euro appear to have diminished. "

The belief in his career for decades has not diminished, even to the point of obsession with love.

Human separateness may not be diminished by levelling, averaging, or amalgamating different human ends into a composite public welfare.

Even its friends sometimes seem to take satisfaction from its diminished power.

As the plates are made larger and the distance between them diminished, the fringing becomes relatively less.

I looked up and funnily the moonlight has diminished and replacing it, was a white light that penetrated through the leaves.

It's a process in which your senses are hyperactive and yet your self-awareness is strangely diminished.

Moreover, OPEC's members do not yet seem to be complying fully with their diminished quotas.

Then the credibility of the whole transaction is diminished because in your heart you know you should have been paid.

He then published his work with this diminished accuracy and was able to establish that his theory was in agreement with observation.

unite transcendence with a heightened rather than a diminished sense of individuality.

Any one of these three issues stem from using Extraverted Sensing in a diminished manner.

The PC is not dead, but its importance henceforth is going to be significantly diminished.

Since fish cannot allow their salt content to be diminished, their kidneys work overtime to expel excess water in the form of urine.

Managers are forced to "cannibalize" their own profitable businesses only to see a diminished return on investment.

Even though some of us do not speak the same language, while working together with love, the distance between us diminished.

You saw earlier that moving name resolution up to the cluster level diminished the role of the queue manager.

This pain is called intermittent claudication, and the diminished blood flow to the legs is called peripheral vascular disease (PVD).

The resulting problem was diminished brand awareness in the marketplace, and lack of clarity regarding the company offering.

A true friend will be eager to help and will not think any less of you, nor make you feel diminished for asking.

Eventually the number of stones diminished until only one stone, the tombstone, was left as a reminder of the ancient superstition.

That makes for a marked contrast with the diminished and discredited White House incumbent.

Under those conditions, the students' desire for the snacks diminished, as if they'd merely seen an image or description.

By the addition of an umbrella-shaped baffle above the feed sprayer in the column, the liquid entrainment from the column can be diminished.

Your state of unemployment (and the correlating diminished income) would render you a less-than-desirable potential boyfriend.

Again, differences between people and the opportunity for natural selection to take advantage of it have diminished.

Zynga's diminished valuation follows a bumpy stock market and growing scrutiny of the company in recent months.

Nor does anyone with a stock portfolio want to see their yearly dividends diminished.

Parties thus must contend with the problem of a substantial number of voters attaching diminished importance to party identification.

This season has again given us some stark reminders that the threat of an influenza pandemic has by no means diminished.

Correspondents say White House expertise on the region is now much diminished.

After we finished dinner at Chen's little school, the heat of the day had already diminished.

Under the light microscope, white pulp diminished and shrank, germinal center was not clear and there were a little of apoptosis cell.

What he found was a diminished company, saddled with mediocre products and reputedly only months from bankruptcy.

In terms of the initial number of reads and writes , the apparent throughput is diminished .

Use that opportunity of a diminished sense of self-worth and self-image, and step beyond.

For even if he had defeated the Japanese in battle and diminished their forces, he would at the same time have diminished his own.

If the Doha round does not revive, the WTO will still exist but its role as a forum for governance of the global economy will be diminished.

The housing stagnation dates to 1991, the year that diminished expectations about Japan's economy sent property values into a nosedive.

Plus, the United States experienced a mild flu season this year, resulting in a diminished threat to people with serious conditions.

S. will remain the pre-eminent power, but that American dominance will be much diminished' between now and 2025, he said.

Chapter VI briefly sums up the means by which the force of an imperative can be enhanced or diminished.

And with the number of potential matches available, the fear of rejection is notably diminished.

The most immediate effects are likely to be through the scissors of rising health costs and diminished resources.

Perhaps the Great Recession has permanently diminished work opportunities for big swathes of the work force, in particular prime-age men.

Furthermore, vitamin supplements should be kept in a cool, dry place, as its potency may be diminished by sunlight and dampness.

For Americans, the appeal of a Chinese vacation has diminished alongside the yuan's rise against the dollar, travel agents say.

Ultimately, this leads to diminished access, and some students are left out of the system entirely.

These structures should be considered where chronic erosion is a problem due to the diminished sediment supply.

The light in the forest diminished as the sun set behind the mountains.

on the issue of diminished responsibility , none of the facts were disputed by the appellant.

Diminished as it has been by ill-starred foreign adventures and economic weakness, the US remains the indispensable power.

Moreover, RMB appreciation lowered expected profit from exports; so, exports diminished. This indirect effect occurs with a lag.

If any of these is ever diminished, the last is the most difficult to restore.

As Pansy's breathing became labored and her movements diminished, Rosie and Blossom sat with her, grooming her and watching her.

Human fibroblasts with a low-activity MIF promoter polymorphism have diminished MIF release and AMPK activation during hypoxia.

But he said that a "world without faith would be morally diminished" .

Still, there is no doubt Mr. Lewis's power has diminished.

By means of clinical examination we found circuits of head diminished and most frequently fine tremor in the examined group.

But Britain and France were drastically diminished colonial powers holding desperately to the last remnants of empire in Africa and Asia.

The chattering can be diminished furtherly by an integral action in the sliding mode .

And as for the power of a critical press to influence behaviour: it seems, shall we say, somewhat diminished.

Indeed, as the stockmarket shrugged off the latest rate cut, the Fed's authority already looked diminished.

The harmony of her face is not diminished by her imperfect nose.

With the royal line broken, the power of the Zhou court gradually diminished, and the fragmentation of the kingdom accelerated.

The recent economic crisis appears to have diminished the enthusiasm for environmental investments and projects.

The capacity of the health system to respond has diminished at a time when the health burden is growing.

The degree of disability is then assessed by a convincing clinical picture and not by the diminished feeling of well-being of the patient.

If the response time for a request is too long, the value of the system is diminished.

With elapse of time, the turbulent vicissitudes in the land of China in over 100 years diminished this historical records into oblivion.

The current account deficits of the post-bubble countries have all diminished a bit.

I'm still getting the grabbing pain in my upper abdomen, and have the burping and bloating, only a bit diminished.

At the mean time, alloying elements' solubility increases and the macro-segregation is diminished in a great degree.

Fans complained that the impact of the novel was diminished by too much press coverage, the Christian Science Monitor reports.

The central bank says it has room to battle the economic weakness because inflation pressures have "diminished appreciably" .

The yen may weaken of its own accord, given Japan's increased need for imports and diminished ability to export.

Since the March meeting, the risks to inflation have diminished a little, while the growth data have been mixed.

Diminished blood circulation and lack of oxygen in the right temporal frontal lobes result where brain implants are usually operative.

Persistent damage to economies' growth potential would result in a darker future of sluggish income gains and diminished expectations.

It was generally conceded that the Sequoia Club , its name disgraced and influence diminished, could never be the same again .

The oligohydramnios resulted from markedly diminished fetal urine output as a consequence of polycystic kidney disease.

These increased sensitivities diminished when researchers injected excess amounts of PAP into the spinal cords of the mutant mice.

A country that imports its cars, or sees them made on its own soil by foreign companies, feels itself somehow diminished.

Saudi Arabia, leader of the Opec cartel, has increased its own production to offset diminished supply from Libya.

After the introduction of sanitary water and sewage treatment, the number of cases of cholera quickly diminished.

If there is a clear disconnect, the value of that inbound link is significantly diminished, if not completely disregarded.

Similarly, if someone behaves irrationally because of a brain tumor, or AS a result of excruciating pain, responsibility is diminished.

And with the emergence of other priorities, grant funding from donors has diminished.

The distinctions between poor and wealthier students diminished as well.

So if we did not have bees, it's not like we would starve, but clearly our diet would be diminished.

The jerks perceptibly diminished; as the sled gained momentum, he caught them up, till it was moving steadily along.

S. scientists project that glacial melt in Tibet, where the river begins, points to a diminished future.

An anchor for a Chinese television led an online protest, saying the coffeehouse diminished Chinese culture.

such strategy - more variety , lower volume for each model - diminished economy of scale and put a tight squeeze on kin yat s profit margin.

Coalition airstrikes continued Tuesday, although at a diminished pace from the opening blitz of the four-day-old operation.

Lipman said the potential for mass protests had diminished since the end of last year, as popular faith in the authorities has held.

In the wake of the death bin Laden, President Obama has stressed that al Qaeda had been diminished.

To conceive of a world without physical books is to conceive of a world somehow diminished.

Meanwhile, inflationary pressures have diminished appreciably .

Killing bin Laden, then, has brought home the fact of his diminished force.

Salmon once thrived here, but over the years dams, overfishing and habitat destruction have diminished their numbers.

Furthermore, as part of this increased control, the risks associated with vendor lock-in are diminished.

But as she became overexposed, our surprise diminished.

Militarily, its relative advantage over the rest of the world has grown, not diminished.

In composites with low adhesion level between matrix and glass beads, the critical J-integral value diminished due to the presence of PET.

The proliferation of brands and the thousands more that emerge everyday make it clear that their visual impact has diminished.

The noise caused by the periodic flow can be diminished by the well-chosen prepositive inclined rod through the Hot-Wire experiment.

But the fact the debt ceiling decision went to the wire speaks eloquently of the diminished authority of the White House.

This diminished performance jeopardizes the service level agreement (SLA), which ultimately means the organization itself may suffer.

Historians now think the crew, whose numbers had diminished inprison through sickness and a suicide, were deserters.

These large squares of green make impulsiveness and uncertainty diminished instead of a kind of hope and a quiet.

Outwardly at least, most differences between people, such as age, sex, race, religion, and class differences are diminished.

By properly designing optical waveguides to enhance SPR, the inherent tradeoff between efficiency and bandwidth limitation is diminished.

"Regulators can still pretend to provide oversight, but their capabilities are much diminished and declining, " admits Greenspan.

That points to a diminished appetite for the raw materials that feed the mainland's industrial engine.

The G-20's heightened stature has diminished the G-7, whose finance ministers meet several times a year.

Plans may be delayed or diminished, but a complete halt to building is unlikely.

Salmons once thrive here, but over the years, dams, over-fishing and habitat destruction has diminished their number.

2The courts have taken on more responsibilities at a time when their ability to handle them has diminished.

The Usd fell in the Asian session, as the prospects of a quick bailout diminished.

Yet at this critical juncture, the United States and Europe find their leverage on Turkey markedly diminished.

The imperial reach of the British Empire diminished during the Second World War, and even more when India became independent in 1947.

That value is diminished, not increased, by the resources that need to be diverted from other purposes.

Diminished user accountability: Accountability through auditing is a basic principle in database security.

If the equilibrium rate of unemployment has risen, scope for remedial monetary and fiscal policy is diminished.

However, this threat to humans can be diminished through control methods and risk-based surveillance.

As the hopes of holding Crete diminished , the possible German threat to Syria commanded our increasing attention .

These men and women left an influence that could last well beyond their lifetimes and will not be erased or diminished with time.

Result: Role conflict can predict all dimensions of job burnout; role ambiguity can predict cynicism and diminished professional efficacy.

Removal of the Bran layer leaves white rice, greatly diminished in nutrients. Enriched white rice has added B vitamins and minerals.

This is the same as a root with a minor third and a diminished fifth added above it.

Macroeconomic stabilization tightened health budget and diminished medical inputs.

Individuals with asthma also have enhanced airway responsiveness to methacholine and diminished airway hydration.

For every child that dies, countless others suffer from poor health, diminished productivity, and missed opportunities for education.

A common view of 19th century China is that it was an era in which Qing control weakened and prosperity diminished.

Salmon once thrivedyears (here), but over the years the damn( dams ), overfishing, and habitat destruction have diminished their number.

The time I spent at exercises gradually diminished. Little by little the eleven minutes fell to zero.

to diminish research endownments However, my enthusiasm waned. The time I spent at exercises gradually diminished.

On the other, globalization and federal oversight in the spirit of Senator Sherman has arguably diminished their anticompetitive effects.

Such product may have diminished market value, thus making profitable sales to other customers increasingly doubtful.

Investigation by dynamic lymphoscintigraphy showed no or diminished activity of lymph vessels in the lower extremities.

Job burnout can be manifested in the following 3 aspects: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and diminished personal accomplishment.

The burden of high debts, high taxes, high welfare spending and demographic shifts means diminished expectations for future generations.

However, my enthusiasm waned. The time I spent at exercises gradually diminished.

If this worry looms so large now, it is likely that you will indeed feel diminished when you can no longer wear your corporate lawyer badge.

Thus the differences between the classes have increasingly diminished.

West Texas Intermediate, an American benchmark, lagged slightly thanks to diminished demand from refineries under repair.

Bond markets have calmed; the odds of a cascading series of defaults have diminished.

The moral value of lucidity cannot be diminished in my eyes by calling it sterile like all pride.

not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier .

And how will the resulting higher interest rates, diminished dollar, higher inflation, and economic distress manifest itself?

the sea was also less tumultuous, and they observed that the agitation of the waves was diminished.

The main drawback of traditional eye drops is their poor bioavailability. After administration, they are diminished by tear fluid quickly.

However, the complexity of XML applications, which started out high, has not diminished much in the recent past.

This usually results in diminished focus on the system quality attributes.

Exposure to social situations causing anxiety and cognitive restructuring has diminished social anxiety.

Many economists believe the euro is trading at an appropriate level, given Europe's troubled budget picture and diminished growth prospects.

Critics say that dual citizenship implies diminished loyalty to the motherland.

Those afflicted with Alzheimer's suffer from memory loss, impaired decision-making, and diminished language and movement skills.

With dwindling revenue and diminished resources, frustrated newspaper executives are looking for someone to blame.

Pain relief may result from diminished muscle cocontraction rather than from so-called medial compartment unloading.

And even in formerly great apple-growing states, including New York, the number of different apples has greatly diminished.

It has been observed that immunological reactivity of neonatal leukocytes is diminished.

the legacy of a much diminished starting point on spending. That's a legacy about which we are not really happy.

Roosevelt diminished and ignored China, instead linking the future of the United States in Asia with Britain and Japan.

A string of imitators emerged in the following years, and with each one Black Sun was further diminished.

With the Norman conquest of England, beginning in 1111 the Anglo-Saxon language rapidly diminished as a written literary language.

Yet senior officers chafed at the Egypt's diminished reputation under Mr. Mubarak, the western military official in Cairo said.

Even the most recession-walloped and otherwise diminished man can take pride in his essential role as father.

There may be no more alienating and energy-draining experience at work than feeling diminished and devalued.

Its gross profit margin slipped from 14. 1% to 12. 6% as the company blamed diminished demand and 'aggressive pricing' for falling profits.

But those complaints have diminished as the US Federal Reserve has signalled an end to quantitative easing.

Many Uighurs feel economic growth has bypassed them and complain of discrimination and diminished opportunities.

Black boxes again fell into disrepute and the cachet of a triple-A credit rating has diminished.

Q. I had a blood test for food allergens, cut them out, and my migraines were greatly diminished in frequency and intensity.

The area of Spanish Florida diminished with the establishment of English colonies to the north and French colonies to the west.

It also helps identify areas of agreement so the areas of disagreement are put in perspective and are diminished rather than magnified.

Women who experience violence suffer a range of health problems and their ability to participate in public life is diminished.

Love is the only thing that can be divided without being diminished.

The dependency on exports for impulses to German growth has certainly diminished for the foreseeable future.

His tearfulness about her fate had already diminished.

The chaos that followed the invasion in Iraq and the quagmire in Afghanistan seemed to testify to America's diminished power.

The sealers add that it helps to preserve diminished fish stocks (though scientists dispute that).

In contrast, Barclays Capital abandoned today a forecast for China to raise rates this year, citing diminished inflation risks.

Handling money . . . reduced distress over social exclusion and diminished the physical pain of immersion in hot water.

Iodine deficiency in infants has been associated with mental retardation, diminished intelligence, and stunted growth.

diminish As he turned the knob, the sound diminished.

Oh, and here's one other thing -- scientists think now our magnetic field may be diminished by about five percent.

"There's no question that we will pay a cost in terms of much diminished growth if this continues. "

This drop, though not dramatic, diminished the return on investment of studying for an MBA.

But the group's senior leadership has been devastated and its ability to conduct operations greatly diminished.

The heat of the day had diminished a little, but not much.

The size of launches was also, until recently, hugely diminished.

Rather than being diminished, surrendering enhances your uniqueness.

Having a diminished or defective sense of hearing , but not deaf; hard of hearing .

While I may have cut out the cigarettes, my taste for wine has not diminished.

Many institutions agree that the value of such archives is diminished if the components are broken up.

We believe that India's security will be enhanced, not diminished, by the complete elimination of nuclear weapons the world over.

Globalisation will lead to a borderless world in which nation-states will play a diminished role.

With significant hemorrhage, patients may complain of blurry vision with diminished visual acuity.

Even as the number of newspapers had diminished new and influential media have appeared, such as the news magazines, Time, Newsweek . U.

We have been diminished by it, raised up by the noble examples of individual Americans -- and in the end we have learned much from it.

there is no statistical distinction between diminished group and increased group.

And it has a full mediation effect between work-interfere-with-family conflict and diminished personalization.

Everyone knows that the quality of the draft has diminished significantly.

Ideological struggles have diminished, but they've been replaced by conflicts over tribe and ethnicity and religion.

The pressures on the countries richest in biodiversity have not diminished, and many regions still remain unexplored.

They emphasized that the presence of numerous women diminished the humiliation factor.

Conversely, the value of a minority language is diminished as people abandon it.

While that practice has diminished (though not disappeared), other heavy-handed tactics remain in use in the hinterland.

A person's charisma, a non-dust from the heart, such as the Jiaojiao of the month, bearing clouds degree of diminished Qi-hui.

The effect of increasing strain rate on the increase of dezincification coefficient was diminished with increase in potential.

Yes, but that is true of every investment that has diminished.

The role of the classic period of modernization has not diminished, but rather greatly increased.

The continuing bidding war is likely to result in diminished returns for the states.

Diminished personal accomplishment was negative related with projection, passive aggressive(P05).

Diminish The time I spent at exercise gradually diminished.

Despite this, Kench and Webb found that just four islands have diminished in size since the 1950s.

In two or three more days, I noticed the pain was very much diminished.

At Starbucks (SBUX), a company diminished in ways both tangible and ineffable, Howard Schultz is telling a story about milk.

Looking at them from across the street, Lin's anger diminished.

It is not just the young who feel squeezed. The middle-aged face falling real wages and diminished pension rights.

China is a victim of climate change. Doing nothing will certainly result in diminished sustainability.

But their work is diminished by internal conflicts and bureaucratic lethargy, bred in part by outsized salaries.

During periods of diminished zeal and enthusiasm, the Muslim can indulge in business without thinking it sacred.

When the retina was locally injured, light-elicited redes were diminished only in the injured areas of the retina.

"Social distance is diminished when children learn longer together, " says Christa Goetsch, Hamburg's (Green) education minister.