"Recent trends regrettably point toward a diminishing commitment to democratic freedoms and institutions," the document reads.
"Recent trends regrettably point toward a diminishing commitment to democratic freedoms and institutions," it says.
Mr. Black and Ms. Anthony worry about the diminished commitment they see in many students today, something Ms. Anthony began to notice a decade or so ago.
This diminished commitment to protecting children in conflict with the law appears to ignore the evidence about the vulnerability of very young children charged with criminal offences.
This narrative, if the government's ever-diminishing commitment to further education is anything to go by, assumes that only the young are worth the bother.
The result is a lack of deep understanding, fewer creative options, diminished commitment to act, increased anxiety and resistance, and reduced morale and wellbeing.
But when there is no deadline in sight, the long hours exact vengeance in the form of loss of energy as well as diminished commitment.
The saga of our involvement with foreign assistance is one of of diminishing commitment, from a high during the Marshall Plan era of the early '50s to today's low, in which we are spending 0.54percentt of our budget on foreign aid.
"I find it funny because it took me 20 or 25 years to get the Jewish community to see the benefits of working with the evangelical community, and now [Jews] are so concerned with the diminishing commitment they have to Israel," said Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, an American Israeli who played a key role in fostering the relationship between American evangelicals and Israel.
This period, then, shows an attempt to find a balance that would include literary history, criticism, and a continuing, though greatly diminished, commitment to linguistics and philology.
Conversely, California's diminishing commitment to the schools will have a negative impact on the entire country.
