Between 8 30 and 10, movement and stillness are continually juxtaposed: a good many people are stationary — waiting, watching, handling luggage, standing in line for tickets or information, making calls on their cellphones — adding a strong element of visual contrast to the still flowing, though lessening, lines of human traffic.
Already in use in several tuna fisheries, the technology weighs the line and reduces line recoil, lessening the chance of injury to fishermen.
The company has scaled at speed over the past few years, but growth is slowing down in line with lessening demand in China and a realization that replicate its domestic success overseas will take time.
Though the off-label use of Botox (the commercial name for diluted botulinum toxin) to treat wrinkles has been around since the mid-'90s, the number of people seeking the treatment rose sharply when the Food and Drug Administration approved it in 2002 to lessen the glabellar lines between the eyebrows.
In strategic terms, however, the Allies won because the seaborne invasion of Port Moresby was averted, lessening the threat to the supply lines between the U.S. and Australia.
[I]t keeps community banks solvent in other ways, lessening the impact of regulatory compliance on banks' bottom lines.
The 735 kV power line is said to lessen the environmental impact of power lines, as one single power line operating at this voltage carries the same amount of electric power as four 315 kV power lines, which would require a right-of-way wider than the 80.0 m–91.5 m width required for a single 735 kV line.
Even minimal attention to the repair and restoration of existing dams, canals, pipes and power lines will lessen the number of dams needed, because large amounts of generated power, as well as irrigation water, are lost to leakage.
Karen wanted to lessen the appearance of lines on her face, and took it all in her stride: "There was some discomfort, but nothing to scream about.
A ministry statement claims "the new lines will lessen the burden that has formed on buses as a result of the increase in numbers of working permits provided to Palestinians," Haaretz reported.
Stephen Thompson of NPR comments on the music's lack of dynamism, writing that the band "lets its songs billow out softly and quietly, with only achingly pretty guitar lines to lessen the tension".
