Inequality has diminished, though from astronomically high levels.

By contrast, regrettably, extremist violence has not diminished.

The calamitous US military experience in Iraq has left it strategically diminished.

Given the ongoing attacks on Gaza, however, Internet access has been significantly diminished.

But, while Europe s defenses have been considerably strengthened, the threat of terrorism has not diminished.

With the loss of Gaza to Hamas, his political clout has been diminished even further.

An Age of Diminished Expectations?

The appetite for global solutions has diminished while national politics have taken increasing control of the agenda.

As the perception of non partisanship in public administration has diminished, proximity to those in power has become another source of tension.

With the defeat and demise of Saddam Hussein, the danger of an Eastern front against Israel has diminished.

He has also diminished the foreign ministry s stature by appointing a number of special envoys in key areas.

Nonetheless, the undertow of Euro skepticism in British politics has never diminished and was evident in Cameron s speech.

Although the frequency of overt military attacks against civilians has diminished greatly over the year, it has been replaced by intimidation and fear.

Later, the attacks on the police diminished.

If the Israelis, or the Palestinians, are like Nazis, then the horror of what the real Nazis did has been greatly diminished.

Indeed, over time their ability to bring results diminished.

Moreover, the capacity of Mexico s security machinery appears diminished.

As trade liberalization has diminished the EU s income, mainly derived from customs duties, individual countries have increasingly sought to minimize their net contributions.

Yet this has not diminished the pressure to reduce the yawning gap in income between developed and developing countries that has shaped global debates for over a half century.

Given Russia s economic fundamentals, Putin s diminished popularity might appear surprising.

However, separatist pressures, while diminished, continue to exist in Crimea.

Several factors have diminished investors willingness to extend long term credit.

Its ability to face emergencies had diminished, however, since the 1990s.

But no matter how frequently we proclaim that all are born free and equal in dignity and rights, this clash of principles has not diminished.

While large scale organized violence has substantially diminished, civilians continue to be subject to lawlessness and banditry, and women and girls continue to be raped.

Thereafter, tensions between British officials and colonists over western land policy diminished.

Again, they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.

Although wealth has been growing constantly GDP has more than doubled in the last 50 years the share of wages in the total has diminished by 10 , even while millions of the rich have become much richer.

Violence in Darfur has diminished greatly since the period from early 2003 to mid 2004, which was prior to Security Council decisions and the deployment of AMIS.

This principal agent problem is much diminished in the case of commodity bonds.

American enthusiasm for intervention in Africa has greatly diminished since the operation in Somalia in 1992 1993 and more globally following the long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The security situation has also frayed the economic fabric of the region, with significantly reduced agricultural activities and livestock assets and diminished commercial exchange of goods and cattle.

The Treaty on the Non Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons,12 35 years old this month, has proved indispensable it has not only diminished nuclear peril but has also demonstrated the value of multilateral agreements in safeguarding international peace and security.

Marx's father died in May 1838, resulting in a diminished income for the family.

Poverty diminished the poor countries' capacity to cope with the effects of those disasters.

False analogies with the past trivialize history. If the Israelis, or the Palestinians, are like Nazis, then the horror of what the real Nazis did has been greatly diminished.

Finally, whereas it was traditionally understood that armed conflict had a greater effect on bilateral treaties than on multilateral treaties, there is strong evidence that this distinction has diminished.

Foreign policy has also become less salient than it was only months ago as the chance of war between the US and Iran has diminished, following the recently published National Intelligence Estimate on Iran s nuclear program.

For example, the number of people who believe that preschool children suffer due to the fact that their mother is working has diminished. The number of those favouring the previous situation has in fact declined drastically.

Monarchs today are reared to be ordinary, as suits their diminished role in national life.

(This theme underlies the title of Krugman s classic 1990 book The Age of Diminished Expectations. )

The risk premia on the sovereign debt of Greece, Ireland, and others have not diminished.

When structural barriers to employment have diminished, unemployment benefits should revert to their old norms.

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

The United Nations and the Bretton Woods institutions no longer reflect the world s power balance, and, even as the scale of problems common to all countries has increased, their willingness to share sovereignty to tackle them has diminished.