The departure this week of Dr. Gunnar V. Jarring, the Unit ed Nations intermediary, for Moscow where he is the Swed ish Ambassador, has evoked; gloomy commentary here about; what is viewed as diminishing chances that Israel will rejoin his talks.
So at a time when actual security threats, depending upon the day, could be viewed as diminishing, the to easy-to-ask political question with the hard-to-defend answer is, 'what is the return on investment to the American taxpayer for continuing to fund America's role as the global cop?'.
The General Intelligence Service is Egypt's equivalent of the C.I.A. Hugely powerful under Mubarak, it is now viewed as somewhat diminished.
Specifically, he stated that people come to view the courts with suspicion as institutions that mete out unequal justice and the moral authority of not only the federal courts but all courts as diminished.
The reduction can be viewed as bad news, since it diminishes a strong earnings report, or good news in that it reflects an improving credit environment after a few years of turmoil.
Involvement of consumer-educators in pharmacy education has been viewed as a possible means to diminish stigma.
The presence and effectiveness of culturally safe health care is determined by the recipients of care, with unsafe cultural practice viewed as '... any action which diminishes, demeans, or disempowers the cultural identity and well-being of an individual' [ 24, 25].
Conventional approaches, such as the Bonferroni test of significance, are generally viewed as inappropriate in epidemiology as they diminish the ability to identify meaningful differences [ 26, 34, 35].
"People with epilepsy have been viewed as mentally insane, degenerate, demonic or intellectually diminished," she said.
Though the social worker is often viewed as the "lead professional", this does not diminish the importance of other key agencies in safeguarding children in their area.
