One of the interesting twists to the multiplicity of media now available 24 hours a day, coupled with the diminished importance of religion in most people's lives, the idea of A Big Event, one that you know everyone is thinking about, everyone is talking about, something that will bring a sense of community, is more desirable than ever.
Even with this somewhat diminished importance, these shamanic rites continued to the end of the dynasty.
Djenné is now an agricultural trade centre, of diminished importance, with several examples of Muslim architecture, including its large, mud-walled mosque rebuilt in the early 20th century.
"So the ads are of diminished importance in a social media age, and things like debates become of outsized importance".
It likely reflects the diminished importance that voters are placing on a purely symbolic contest, rather than anything more fundamental.
Dan Wong, senior transportation planner at San Francisco International Airport, said the diminished importance of ticket counters would change the look of an airport departure terminal.
There were few surprise moves from last season's top teams, which in itself is an indicator of the diminished importance of the draft.
Despite the greatly diminished importance of plantations and the relocation of most of the airstrips out of the towns, those origins helped determine the existing urban layout.
Because we are unable to distinguish the extent to which the reduction in uncertainty at the firm level is correlated with the reduction of uncertainty at the industry level, the question remains as to the extent to which the diminished importance of signals in our second period is due to a change in market uncertainty versus a change in firm uncertainty.
Romney and an allied super PAC have hit Gingrich on everything from his diminished importance during the Reagan years to his quasi-lobbying for Freddie Mac.
