Word: lessened
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...Justice Department intervention in busing cases--intervention that has been crucial in many instances--would certainly lessen the chances of desegregating existing systems and of continuing desegregation in other cities. But perhaps even worse is the symbolic import, for the busing controversy seems only the prelude to a deluge of legislation threatening our government's relatively few programs to deal with racism...
Ruckelshaus, currently an environmental adviser to President-elect Ronald Reagan, told a crowd of 100 at the Kennedy School that Reagan's failure to discuss environmental issues adequately during the campaign will lessen his ability to improve the Clean Air Act, which comes up for amendment next year...
...already-reduced spending levels, some may doubt the claims of 2 1/2 proponents that only "fat" will be cut from city government should the referendum pass. Cambridge taxes about 5 per cent of assessed values of city property--hence it will have to cut its collections in half. To lessen the shock, "2 1/2" proponents beneficently allow for a gradual phase-in--the city will only have to melt away 15 per cent of its fiscal cellulite a year until it reaches the magic level. So figure inflation prances along at 10 per cent next year; coupled with...
...indefinite postponement came after Harvard submitted a last-minute memorandum to the board, arguing that the University "has made a considerable effort to lessen the rental housing shortage in Cambridge" and hence should be allowed to take the Sumner Rd. apartments off the rental market for their...
...lessen the deficit, most Americans would prefer to see U.S. production and export increase rather than Japanese imports restricted...