Admitting to a doping past is Armstrong's first step towards lessening his lifetime ban from cycling.
And the brutality shows no sign of lessening.
The presence of food in the stomach slows down the rate of absorption, thereby lessening blood-sugar swings.
A senior Indian official talks of India having a legitimate interest because a Chinese "noose" is tightening on its friends and trading partners around the South China Sea.China's maritime fixation underscores the appeal of lessening worries over its terrestrial borders at least that is the argument that some make in Beijing for seeking an agreement on the disputed border.
Another is to shape the vessel's stern in a way that stops air being sucked into the propeller, where it would reduce thrust by lessening the propeller's grip on the water.
Fed by ideology, opportunity and the ready availability of frustrated young men holding their lives cheap the conflagration shows no signs of abating or lessening in its depravity.
It is whether America wants four more years of the Republican philosophy of reducing government and lessening regulations.
Loosening the army's grip on local economies is a condition of lessening its political power.
Creation care is only part of it: the urge to enhance national security by lessening America's dependence on foreign oil is important too.The new mood reflects a generational change among evangelicals, says Andrew Walsh, a religion-watcher at Trinity College, Hartford.
He strengthened his position by pledging not to run again, lessening the need to buy support from cronies.Whether Mr Jonathan has the will to tackle the establishment remains to be seen.
France's government reiterated its support for the deal, lessening the chances of a "white-knight" approach from Switzerland's Novartis.Ryanair promised that it would continue operating from Charleroi airport in Belgium despite a European Commission ruling in February that it had received illegal subsidies to fly there.
