Word: diminished
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...must be careful at the beginning not to attempt too much... But I do not believe that when Washington warned us against entangling alliances he meant for one moment that we should not join with other civilized nations of the world, if a method could be found to diminish war and encourage peace. The limit of voluntary arbitration has, I think, been reached. I think the next step... is to put force behind international peace." What a strange reverse in opinion has come to Mr. Lodge within the short space of three years...
...arrangement will demand much hard work on the part of both students and faculty in order to accomplish the required amount of work in the shorter time. It has been established in accordance with the request of President Wilson that the colleges shall not omit or diminish any portion of the training which it is their patriotic duty to continue. Brown and Pennsylvania State authorities feel that the students ought to be able to enter on various forms of service at the earlier date, if it is quite possible for them to do so by a little more effort...
...will there be this summer to place the favorite dress pumps in the waste-basket, and hide the only white scarf behind the steam pipes? Who will there be to diminish the stock of handkerchiefs and read the letters from home? Who will there be to brush the cobwebs from the picture of Sir Galahad into the cigar humidor? Life will be barren indeed. Who will there be to pick up what the squads left about...
Much has been written and said attacking democracy because of its inefficiency. While this unfortunate quality can never be entirely eradicated from democratic systems, yet the calling into service of real experts should so diminish it as to make this fault negligible. The Naval Advisory Board is accomplishing what a body of mere seamen cannot do, for such men as Edison in dealing with perplexing questions have a breadth of vision which no admiral could ever possess...
...substitution of a world state for anarchy has been suggested. This would tend to bind the nations into a unit, making them more dependent upon one another. History shows that national sovereignty is gradually emerging and it will probably come sooner or later. It is essential to diminish the independence of nations and make them more inter-dependent if we wish to discourage...