But protection is dwindling when Executive Branch officials refuse to testify by citing "Executive Privilege," regarded as a Constitutional myth initiated in 1958 and bootstrapped since Watergate into a way to avoid questions.
The strength model proposes that self-control is a constrained resource whose effectiveness tends to dwindle when an individual attempts to resist multiple sources of temptation at a time.
Clinicians' and managers' interest may dwindle when, at a project's end, they are faced with new, competing priorities.
It's very possible that the use of pirated copies would dwindle when faced with a free, open-source alternative.
But their hopes dwindled when Goodwin, who picked up a first-half yellow for a challenge on Erwin, was booked again although after the match Craig insisted he did not why the midfielder had received a second caution.
Pebble, which began shipping in January, is not the first to make a play for the watch market, which dwindled when consumers added smartphones to their purses and pockets.
The Mets' left-handed reliever candidates dwindled when Tom Martin, already sidelined by a strained right calf, fractured his right wrist at home.
She owns an iPhone, but her husband, whose photography business dwindled when the industry went digital, is blind in one eye and struggles to use any type of phone.
The US bank's chances appeared to dwindle when Ferrovial bolstered its position in a dawn raid on the markets early yesterday, buying 150m BAA shares, almost 14% of the company.
The membership dwindled when municipal lifesaving became better organized.
That advantage dwindled when Pienaar assumed the kicking duties from the injured Humphreys and stroked over a penalty.
