— Chris Van Hollen, the senior Democrat on the House Budget Committee "In sharp contrast to the empty promises and diminished future offered by the President's budget, the budget advanced by the committee charts a path to prosperity and a secure future for our exceptional nation".
Soon after, more than a dozen spas and doctors offices, including surgeons whose liposuction business had diminished, began to offer similar treatments.
Instead, the qualifying offer diminished his value to the point where the Dodgers re-signed him for two years and $20 million.
Perhaps aware of the diminishing returns offered by this approach, they moved to Berlin, a creatively fecund city that, on past form, offers endless opportunities for making great records.
For visual impairment or diminished motor skills, they offer adapted electronics with enlarged switches that correspond to the tiny buttons on devices like iPods and keyboards.
"We are seeing the demand for our style of live entertainment in the region we offer has diminished in recent years despite our earnest efforts to maintain our popularity," they wrote on their Facebook page.
"The process itself seems to have some merit, as do the ideas that are generated," but offering the program year after year might offer diminishing returns, he says.
This time around — with Variety bleeding from layoffs, vanishing advertisers and sharply diminished relevance — Reed initially offered the newspaper for about $50 million.
There's such a fantastic chemistry among this group and it certainly has not diminished at all," she offered (as if to prove it, Jason Biggs was goofing off in the hair and makeup trailer during the interview, plugging his just-cancelled show, "Mad Love," which he'd love to bring back, if anyone is interested).
But familiar territory will eventually offer diminishing returns.
