Ms. Carnegie, fearing fabric shortages and a diminished interest in shopping, temporarily shut down her operation.
The poor location and difficult access may reflect the diminished interest American publishers take in the fair these days.
The third novel in the trilogy, The Stoic (1947), is fatally weakened by Dreiser's diminished interest in his protagonist.
Lower commissions, he insisted, mean diminished interest by potential co-brokers from other firms, leading to decreased exposure to the market and, consequently, less than top dollar.
But the removal of semi-automatic weapons from stores is entirely because of diminished interest in the products, according to Walmart.
IF the death of celebrated artists is often followed by diminished interest in their work, Samuel Beckett has been luckier than most.
One reason for the diminished interest, Mr. Brewer said, is the inactivity of most of the state's big industrial unions, which ordinarily run phone banks and use other techniques to turn out the vote for their candidates.
More and more, though, I think that sort of stuff actually reflects a diminished interest on the part of the audience in anything other than show business and, by inference, celebrity.
Mr. Scott said that the shuttering of "At the Movies" did not necessarily reflect a diminished interest in cinema criticism or a decline in its ability to influence audiences.
The result can be a diminished interest in food and gradual weight loss, or a tendency to over-season foods with salt or sugar, which may impair control of high blood pressure or diabetes, common problems in the elderly.
