At a time when the diminishing image of the Scottish game is crucial, this is bad news.
When Cardinal Ratzinger rose to speak, however, it was of a different crisis: the diminishing image of the priesthood since the Second Vatican Council, and the "huge drop" in the numbers of priests as many resigned.
"He was the nice guy," Mr. Mellman said of Mr. Bush before the presidential campaign engaged in earnest, adding that putting his face in attack ads diminished that image.
For example, women with cancer have reported reductions in sexual interest and vaginal lubrication [ 8], early menopause [ 9], and dyspareunia [ 10- 12], associated with diminished body image [ 13, 14] and sexual confidence [ 8, 15], as well as dissatisfaction with intimate relationships [ 16].
Punctate labeling is diminished in images of tissue near the tracks of probes perfused with aCSF, which also exhibit diffuse TH labeling: control experiments did not reveal nonspecific binding, which indicates that the diffuse labeling is specific binding.
McCain aides said Mr. Obama's comments about Iraq on Thursday provided perhaps their best opening yet to diminish his image.
She will still show fearlessness and strength without diminishing the image that the bull is meant to represent.
At the launch, Susana Villarán, former mayor of Lima, said she received attacks and threats while in office that sought to "diminish my image and make it clear it was not a place for a women like me to try and disrupt that male world of politics and power".
