The Islanders, who have missed the playoffs for six straight seasons, have been plagued by declining attendance and diminishing talent.
That the Scottish Premier League's record scorer signed a new contract at Rugby Park is either a sign of a diminishing talent and standing in the game, or that he has resisted his mercenary instincts.
New England's Bill Belichick also merits consideration after guiding the New England Patriots to the AFC Championship Game despite the fact that injuries and poor personnel decisions had diminished the talent pool available to him.
Hopefully our Greek friends have learnt by now that the inescapable invoice has already arrived.Professor Grzegorz Kolodko Kozminski University WarsawSIR – Your leader on Canada's election diminished the talents of Michael Ignatieff, the leader of the Liberals ("Groundhog day", April 30th).
Silver's stylistic lapses don't diminish her talent for revealing the frayed bonds of relationships, for harnessing our sympathy toward characters who fall short.
Deification of the self can be a dangerous game in this business since it encourages the idea of invincibility and diminishes the talent of others.
And in the public imagination artists cut down in their prime -- Marilyn Monroe, Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Holly -- are forever frozen in their perfect states, never aging or fading in beauty, diminishing in talent or stature.
I just couldn't keep going like that.' A close friend, he says, gave it to him straight: told him he couldn't diminish his talent by becoming less neurotic about it; told him he didn't need to punish himself in this way.
She says it's an unpopular view with feminists, who believe that women who flirt in the office diminish their talent and intelligence, and with men, who feel more vulnerable to sexual harassment suits.
There has been justifiable admiration for O'Connor's letter, despite its less than pristine language, admonishing Cyrus that she is allowing others to diminish her talent by hiding it under raunchy antics.
