Word: diminish
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...have been a large number of sprained ankles and pulled tendons? Since he must examine every case, he is rushed and is forced to give men summary and unsatisfactory treatment. If a serious condition develops the man may be kept out of his sport for several weeks and may diminish gate receipts. Two more important considerations are the unfairness to the men themselves and to the coaches and teams who suffer from the loss of players...
Several men even went so far as to say that they had not gone out for any activity for fear that the time it would take would necessarily diminish the more solid benefits to be derived from the University which they had bought with their tuition fees...
Since our legislation went into effect the Chinese have seen their stock of white metal diminish. Naturally the value of silver has increased. Thus the people of China are experiencing a deflation arbitrarily created by an outside force quite as much as the people of the United States suffered, after 1929, from the natural deflation that followed our long, unplanned economic expansion. Our Government that has resorted to all expedients to check deflation here apparently looks on Chinese deflation with complete equanimity...
...tomorrow, there are only vague ideas as to whether rigid requirements will mount or diminish. Today, students and head-masters seem to have a hazy idea that higher educational institutions are "loosening up" and "getting progressive." They seem to be suffering under some delusion based on the abolition of November grades and attendance and on that assumption are neglecting the study of the basic cultural and disciplinary subjects...
Health, wealth and wisdom encompassed the 966 osteopaths who attended the American Osteopathic Association's convention in Wichita, Kans. last week. Wichita's temperature went as high as 102° but failed to diminish the vigor of the osteopaths as they bustled between lectures, shows, dances, banquets. They crowded Wichita's three good hotels, dressed mostly in white, doffed their coats...