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Although the movie punches hard, its impact is diminished by an overly schematic screenplay and excess conceptual baggage.

When Joll denies the Magistrate's moral rectitude near the end of the opera, calling him "the lazy lie we tell ourselves when times are easy, prosperous and fat," the impact is diminished by the absence of his civilian counterpart's more questionable actions and motivations.

But, absurdly, their impact is diminished because post-war debate among the political and media classes didn't raise the demand that both the Prime Minister and the security services explain why they jointly said that Iraq had chemical and biological weapons.

In these cases, the corners are cut, the nickels are saved, but the impact is diminished.

Some would argue that the more substantial impact is diminished business results, organizational ineffectiveness, and process inefficiencies.

Transparency's impact is diminished when information about campaign funding is delayed by weeks or months.

Eventually, the statistic's impact was diminished to 20percentthenhen to 5. Now it is gone.

But their impact was diminished without Mr. Konitz, its outside conscience.

The vocal soloists — the soprano Jessica Rivera, the mezzo-soprano Kelley O'Connor, the tenor Gordon Gietz (a last-minute fill-in for Eric Cutler) and the bass-baritone Wayne Tigges — were stylish and radiant, though their impact was diminished by their placement behind the orchestra.

Polygon's Kollar felt that the story did not explore its themes of surveillance and security-over-freedom well enough, such that its impact was diminished.

The locum scheme introduced by the districts was initially seen to be effective, but the impact was diminishing as inflation was rising.