Professor Green said several factors were at work, among them diminishing worry over economic and international threats and a growing concern over the turmoil of political scandals, high school shootings and hate crimes.
Psychological distance had the ironic effect of diminishing worry about side effects.
Paradoxically, the tight labor market -- which logically ought to diminish worries about job security -- might actually encourage ethical lapses, some experts say.
The week also brought stories of literal revival — involving Little Ice Age plants and perhaps Big Ice Age woolly mammoths — photographs of chemical reactions, diminished radiation worries in Japan, and astronomy meeting social media.
Nor does it diminish the worry, among all New Yorkers of good will, and not just Catholics, that more desecrations lie ahead.
The fact that the Arkia airlines plane escaped what witnesses described as a pair of missiles did not diminish the worry.
If there's anything that diminishes my worry about whether or not Alexander will seriously consider the prospect of beefing up background checks, it would be the way that this thought sort of floated out of him like flatulence, unattached to anything serious.
Just because you think that being nervous about whether the wedding theme colors match or whether Aunt Janet is going to get loaded isn't your concern, doesn't mean that you should diminish his/her worries.
Much less sectarian violence and no deaths have occurred this year, but that has not diminished the Coptic worries, and neither have the pledges of Islamist politicians to protect the Christian minority.
Several party leaders have voiced their dissatisfaction with fund-raising by the committee, which they worry has been diminished by Mr. Steele's leadership.
