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There are some signs emerging, too, that private businesses have been spending more money, which could diminish the need for further public spending as an economic stimulant.

"What concerns me is that you would have a dominant personality" at the State Department, which could diminish the Pentagon, said Frank Gaffney, president of the Center for Security Policy, a defense analysis group.

While Mr. Pataki pushed through major tax cuts in his first year as governor, his later years saw sizable increases in state spending, which could diminish his appeal among Republican voters intent on reining in the federal budget.

The reaction between SiO and Li+ in the first lithiation/delithiation produces a Li2O and Li4SiO4 matrix, which could diminish the huge volume variation of Si.

However, payments were often well below the opportunity costs faced by participants over the life of the scheme, which could diminish positive impacts on local livelihoods and ultimately undermine the sustainability of such schemes.

Appearing for the defence, Dr Croy, who works at Ashworth high security hospital where Mr Capp has been detained, said he suffered from an abnormality of mental function, which could diminish his responsibility for Mr Thomas's murder.

He would feel shame, which he could diminish, temporarily, only by beginning the cycle again.

It also causes genetic mutations and hormonal changes that can affect the reproductive capacity of sea life, which could further diminish global fish supplies.

In our synthetic strategy, SiO2 was chosen as the coating spacer between the lumophore and the magnetic NPs which could effectively diminish the fluorescence quenching by magnetic cores and prevent Fe3O4 NPs from aggregation in the solution.

However, although UVB radiation exposure in the Northern Hemisphere is projected to increase in coming decades (which could theoretically diminish meningococcal risk), the magnitude of this increase is uncertain and projections vary widely (46).

But when blood samples were tested for levels of the drug, only 70% of the trial subjects met the minimum requirements for compliance, which could have diminished the drug's apparent performance in the trial.