However, does science actually face diminished support or is the "public relations nightmare" an exaggeration reflecting a "institutional neurosis" of science practitioners?
But a recent internal memorandum prepared by a public relations company that represents the industry found "diminished support and mounting opposition" to the June accord.
Rural regions have seen a relative concentration of less mobile older ages, with diminished support from younger generations, as well as shrinking peer networks.
A number of articles indicate that parents of today experience diminished support from their own parents, relatives and friends and, consequently, turn to the internet for information and interaction [ 8, 18].
In fact, Long Island's diminished support for the environmental act accounted for the difference between its winning and losing.
Republicans are hoping that diminished support for President Obama and his party among independents could give Mr. Brown a shot at winning.
And within party ranks there is diminished support for his willingness to be partner to Sinn Fein while the I.R.A., which Sinn Fein represents politically, maintains its weapons.
Still, any signs of diminished support from moderates, independents and conservative Democrats could make it harder for Mr. Bush to push through his legislative agenda and lead a united party into the presidential campaign.
In other words, polarizing tactics that divide the opposition party, pitting pro-gay-rights Democrats against anti-gay-rights Democrats, for example, may have contributed to Bush's diminished support from independent voters.
In a conversation with Ken Shotts, professor of political economics at Stanford GSB, Miliband tackled topics ranging from Britain's pursuit of clean tech, and why there is diminished support for Al-Qaeda in the Muslim world to what sparked him to create a leadership training academy, Movement for Change.
