The risk of a fiscal crisis was seen as being the most potentially damaging, but the chances of it actually happening was perceived to have lessened.
(2) To examine whether the interventions may lessen perceived depression stigma among non-depressed persons.
But disclosing the fact of sexual assaults, self-harm, cruel treatment etc would not be an offence if it was done for the genuine purpose of lessening a perceived serious threat to the life or health of other detainees.
It also shows that nearly six years after its enactment, the law remains a divisive political issue not only because it is associated with Mr. Obama, but also because for much of the middle class, it is at least perceived as costly and lessening consumer choice, polls show.
Mr. Lipsky said China was taking appropriate steps to shift public spending away from physical infrastructure and toward improvements in education, health and social security programs "that will increase productivity and also directly support consumption by lessening the perceived need for precautionary savings".
Said Conlan: "Users sell use as the norm". Furthermore, kids aren't boasting about a weekend of "wild sobriety". When kids understand that many of their peers are not drinking, perceived peer pressure lessens.
The ease and anonymity of apps also lessens the perceived stigma of seeking help.
"These ads provide distraction and amusement that lessens the perceived waiting time," Mr. Diina said.
"We want to work with you to lessen any perceived or actual harm we would do to your community".
Put colloquially, the recommendations are making the best of a bad job"..Rebranding a problem – in this case, LiPs who are now called "self-represented litigants" – is a typical politician's semantic sleight of hand to lessen the perceived toxicity of an issue.
When receivers were given a bundle of presents comprised of one higher-value gift and a smaller, less expensive one, it was found that they attempted to estimate the value of the set of presents - and when they did that, the cheaper gift tended to lessen the perceived value of the main present in their minds.
