If I ever hoped that my survivor guilt might lessen, that hope vanished forever on the day I received a letter from my navigator's sister, who wrote, "I will never understand how six of you could have bailed out of the plane leaving four behind".
Van Gennip, a former medical student, had won the 1,500-metre 1,500-metre00-metre World Cup titles in 1987, but foot surgery severandmonthe prior to the Games had lessened her hopes of a medal at Calgary.
That would not only save money in the short term but also, Mr Clarke hopes, lessen the likelihood that people would reoffend by making it more likely that they would keep their jobs and homes and the support of their families.
In the light of next season's Ashes series, that could lessen Worcestershire's hopes of re-signing Hughes.
Leaving aside the delightful archaism of being "strictly brought up," and the conviction one might almost say the hope that such strictness will necessarily issue in correct speech, it seems that, for Austin, a hope is something less than a promise, and is contained within it, and that to "only hope" is to lessen the likelihood that the promise will be carried out.
"Through this initiative we hope to lessen the pain for these families," Ms. Rousseff said.
MANILA — The government of the Philippines signed an agreement on Monday with the country's largest Muslim rebel group that both sides say they hope will lessen the chronic violence and poverty that have plagued the southern island of Mindanao.
They hope to lessen memories of the beginnings of HealthCare.gov — a launch in October so problem-ridden that many people were thwarted as they tried to sign up, compelling President Obama to apologize.
Also, without comprehensive campaign finance reform, we can never hope to lessen the influence of corporate donors on our elected officials and political system.
"No amount of money will bring back their loved ones, but we do hope to lessen their burden in some way," the groups said.
"While no amount of money will bring back lives lost or take away from the pain the victims and their families are going through, we hope to lessen their burden in some way," the organizers said in a statement.
