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单词 diminished
例句 diminished
That story was remembered my way, but I felt diminished hearing it. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Now that her initial fear had diminished, something else had begun to emerge from her. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z
In early stages of food production, people simultaneously collected wild foods and raised cultivated ones, and diverse types of collecting activities diminished in importance at different times as reliance on crops increased. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
There was romance in the unknown, but once a place had been discovered and cataloged and mapped, it was diminished, just another dusty fact in a book, sapped of mystery. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z
The sunset diminished and disappeared, until Kendra had only the light reflected from half a moon to guide her. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z
It would have killed us even more, and we were already so diminished. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z
His death was a severe setback to the government, and the effectiveness and aggressiveness of the Crown team diminished from that point on. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
The augmented piles of clothes have been put away, and the windows have been opened to dispel the diminished air. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z
She and Royal and Red may have diminished the slave catcher when they last met, but it was Mabel who first laid him low. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
The sound of the bees diminished, sustained yet, as though instead of sinking into silence, silence merely increased between us, as water rises. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
In the end Bernard had to slink back, diminished, to his rooms and inform the impatient assembly that the Savage would not be appearing that evening. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
The smelly jars and collecting bottles that once were everywhere have diminished in number. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z
The howls and screams and laughter diminished in volume and frequency. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z
I would think that the loss of an arm would diminish a man, but I see that it has not diminished Captain Newport one bit. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z
NOTE: The type of interval or chord — major, minor, diminished, etc., is not important when you are determining the position of the chord. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z
Yet, in interviews with police officers who have been involved with shootings, these same details appear again and again: extreme visual clarity, tunnel vision, diminished sound, and the sense that time is slowing down. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z
The chord built on the seventh degree of the scale is a diminished chord. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z
In the opinion of Dr. Satten and his colleagues, Andrews’ crime amounted to such an undebatable example of diminished responsibility that the case offered an ideal chance to challenge the M’Naghten Rule in Kansas courts. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z
When I regained some sensibility and my vision started to come back, the circle diminished and I started to look around. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
My feeling of disorientation diminished for a time. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
An interval that is a half-step smaller than a perfect or a minor interval is called diminished. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z
And pass through it did: in the lee of the island, considerably diminished, waves .270 emerged and went on their way. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z
It is true that as more and more persons were graduating from college in the sixties, the diploma’s value on the job market diminished. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
He looks at the back of George’s head, now visible above the considerably diminished pile of equipment. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
It turned to blackness as the light from the fire diminished. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
I can’t believe how much her time in this place has diminished her. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
Although that sort of thing usually ran its course and diminished over time, it was not the case when it came to the gleaning of Kohl Whitlock. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z
As relationships between family and friends become strained or false, not only are people’s understandings of one another diminished, but, because people are social, they themselves are diminished as well. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
It was founded on the principle that all men are created equal, and that the rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
At that time in my life, when I was so struck by diminished family closeness and the necessity of public life, church was a place unlike any other. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
His central role as priest—intermediary between congregation and God—is diminished. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
He sat across from my mother and told her that the changes in the neighborhood had not diminished his belief in the community. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z
“Mostly, but he did have trouble, just the same as anyone else. E chord. He had a lot of trouble with greater and diminished E.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
“There are peculiars all over the world,” she said, “though our numbers are much diminished from what they once were. Those who remain live in hiding, as we do.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z
“My confidence in you has been seriously diminished since I heard about the disreputable activities in which you engaged on Thursday last. Please repeat.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
So they do not realize that while one suffers a diminished sense of private individuality by becoming assimilated into public society, such assimilation makes possible the achievement of public individuality. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
And when Lazlo last looked back to wave, the caravan starting down the trail and the Godslayer staying behind, he had seemed not only diminished, but haunted. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
The odor of the escaping gases, which at first seemed almost totally punishing, soon diminished through familiarity. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z
As she climbed "up" the ladder to the center of the ship, the centripetal force on her diminished to zero. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
That preoccupation has diminished somewhat—or been sublimated— in recent years as we have subscribed to an all-purpose, mass-market version of the American dream, but it hasn’t entirely disappeared. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z
Her temper had not diminished with the passing of time, and when a passionate nature is not eased with moments of compassion, melodrama is likely to take the stage. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
“All aboooooard,” he said, climbing back into the car as the caboose flashed by and the thunder of the train diminished gradually into the darkness. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
I have always thought that a wild animal never looks so well as when some obstacle of pronounced durability is between us; a personal experience has intensified rather than diminished that idea. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z
The Great Depression had wiped out many Osage fortunes that had already been diminished by guardians and thieves. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z
A diminished interval is one half step smaller than the perfect or minor interval. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z
A diminished chord is built from two minor thirds, which add up to a diminished fifth. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z
And an interval of a diminished fourth means something different than an interval of a major third, even though they would be played using the same keys on a piano. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z
"This was only a few years ago. What if those impulses have grown with her, rather than diminished?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z
He seemed to have diminished physically in the few days which had passed, and to have lost his tan. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z
Appetites already cloyed by the night’s heat were further diminished. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
“It’s actually cou nterproductive. “To the extent that someone is focused on driving, the quality of work product is diminished,” he added. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
But slowly and imperceptibly, with the passing of the seasons, his mockery and feeling of superiority diminished. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
‘To me it would not seem that a Steward who faithfully surrenders his charge is diminished in love or in honour,’ said Gandalf. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z
The diminished seventh is one half step below the minor seventh. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z
“She is very old. Her sight is somewhat diminished. But she can still be used as a resource.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
This work held up over time, and the new discovery in his lab provoked by Bohr’s skepticism ultimately enhanced, not diminished, Lawrence’s claim to the Nobel. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
Shin remembers little of his time in the hospital, except that the nightmares slowly diminished. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z
The inversion of an augmented interval is diminished and of a diminished interval is augmented. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z
It is my father who looks diminished now. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z
If anything, I am mad at Justin, for making her feel so diminished. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z
If a storm hit New Orleans at all, it would be greatly diminished, no more than a day of grey gusts and rain. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z
I was cleaning up after the tornado hit my house and diminished everything. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z
Then the red thing was past and the elephantine progress diminished toward the sea. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z
During those long afternoons in the pool, he paddled and laughed and tossed our small bodies into the air, his diminished legs suddenly less of a liability. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
Though damaged and diminished, she was still our protector. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z
They prescribed vitamins and sugar pills and pills to make her sleep, but Celia diminished, ever more pallid, in her bed. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
As the cartons of survival rations diminished, I reduced my intake till I was following instructions exactly, holding myself to only two biscuits every eight hours. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z
Or here was the law: as his life diminished, theirs burgeoned, requiring attention. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
As mentioned above, the diminished fifth and augmented fourth sound the same. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z
Even under the greatest duress, my capability to dissemble was scarcely diminished. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
The diminished pain in my leg is such a relief that I try to savor it, but pieces of my nightmare still linger in my mind, too fresh to put away. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z
The uproar in the theater, meanwhile, has not diminished. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z
The lack of clarity about their postwar roles as the handover of policy authority to civilian control approached had further diminished morale among the staff members who remained. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
Gradually the suspicion that Catholics had X-ray eyes diminished, and I grew easy. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z
Toward afternoon the wind diminished somewhat, but the courts were all taken, and I decided to go down to the beach and lie in the sun and think about my match the following day. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
In the first part of his epic Ring cycle, The Rhinegold, for example, angry diminished chords are often used to signify the dangerous power of the Ring itself. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z
He keeps feeding them with his flies, and the number of the latter is becoming sensibly diminished, although he has used half his food in attracting more flies from outside to his room. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z
I ran with Burke and Clarence, and I forgot about Granny being toothless and diminished. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
His efforts to arrange a match at Belmont had not only fallen through, they had greatly diminished his chances of ever securing a meeting between the two horses. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
Of course Boots had no idea what had happened to him, how he had been altered—diminished. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z
Weary though she was of the work, her room seemed diminished with it gone. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
The sounds of man and horse diminished, swallowed up by the wet green wild, and soon enough he could hear only the steady wash of rain against leaf and tree and rock. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
The boys on the neck stood in a pool of their own shadow, diminished to shaggy heads. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z
The sound from the living room was diminished now as if somebody had lowered the collective volume of the voices. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
After Luna, his radio expert, was captured, Sargo’s reach was even further diminished. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
It may well be that some of the findings about diminished reproduction are also linked with interference with biological oxidation, and consequent depletion of the all-important storage batteries of ATP. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z
The eastern men gave their tentative acceptance, but their concerns had not diminished. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
It is true that I would never forget the great change of my life, the diminished occasions of intimacy. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
However, strategies have evolved, including lobbying efforts in Washington, D.C., as the global economic crisis has diminished public funding. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z
And in that case Nikhil will live on, publicly celebrated, unlike Gogol, purposely hidden, legally diminished, now all but lost. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
Over the years his accent had diminished only marginally, and when they spoke, Mrs. Richardson was sometimes reduced to nodding and smiling. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
I described how my initial doubts about the political process had slowly diminished week by week, replaced by something more encouraging and hopeful. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
Such potshots, he felt, diminished him—however subtle they might be. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
John did not find Meg’s beauty diminished, though she beamed at him from behind the familiar coffee pot. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z
Each word diminished them, flattened them against the night until they were puppets, pointing fingers in each other’s faces. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z
His hope diminished further when the sharp, cold air began to blur and thicken with swirling white. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z
His count of enchanted objects had diminished by one. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z
In the years immediately following the events in Washington, Chicago, and Elaine, it became increasingly clear that, rather than be diminished by the riots, African Americans were emboldened by them. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z
Then the sounds and smells were receding into the distance, the thudding of the footsteps diminished. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
The drug regimen diminished her ability to retain and sort large batches of information. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z
“Call me no longer Wheeze, but Sara Louise,” I said grandly, smiling in the darkness, casting off the nickname she had diminished me with since we were two. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
The confidence was diminished; there was actually a softness behind those eyes. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z
The presence of the master, Ranofer discovered, sharpened Pai’s already sharp eye and diminished his short temper to the vanishing point. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z
It did not seem to me that her powers were diminished at all. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
A major third could be written as a diminished fourth, for example, or a minor second as an augmented prime. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z
“No,” said Will, for it was true: the edge diminished to a thinness so fine that the eye could not reach it. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z
Were the pyramids as tall as this building, did the pharaohs sit on top and take the measure of their kingdoms, to see how diminished the world became when you gained the proper distance? The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
The beard of flame diminished quickly; then the pile fell inwards with a soft, cindery sound, and sent a great tree of sparks upwards that leaned away and drifted downwind. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z
Yet it is clear that belief in witchcraft among the educated elite diminished rapidly in the early eighteenth century. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
Harry wondered whether constant disappearances and reappearances had somehow diminished his substance, or whether this frail build was ideal for anyone wishing to vanish. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z
Yet if you succeed, then our power is diminished, and Lothlórien will fade, and the tides of Time will sweep it away. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
I would protest as well the diminished sense of the sacred in churches today. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
In the end, we had no option but to choose between the lesser of two evils, and opt for a diminished education. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
He had forgotten the fear of the searchers, who seemed to have diminished into the past. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z
The light diminished as they climbed, because the only illumination was the small deep-set window on each landing. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
Inversions of augmented intervals are diminished, and inversions of diminished intervals are augmented. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z
NOTE: Notice that IV in the key of B flat is an E flat major chord, not an E major chord, and vii in the key of G is F sharp diminished, not F diminished. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z
The Earth’s magnetic field has diminished by perhaps as much as 6 percent in the last century alone. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
For everyday work, Kira helped in the weaving shed, picking up the scraps and leavings, but her twisted leg diminished her value as a laborer and even, in the future, as a mate. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
The heirs, Mrs. English and Mrs. Jarchow, had removed a vanload of clothing and furniture, yet the atmosphere of a house still humanly inhabited had not thereby been diminished. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z
They come to the station to see him off, standing on the platform in the cold, his diminished family, straining but failing to see Gogol, who waves at them through the tinted glass. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
But the special feeling of closeness at home was diminished by then. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
His toe was now a deep and angry aqua, but the anger and much of the pain had diminished. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
Write the diminished triad for each root given. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z
It would take a long time after each day’s work for our eyes to adjust to the diminished light. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Long enough for Lefty to come face-to-face with the evidence of his own diminished faculties and for me to feel the onrush of my own growing ones. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
You’ve begun to notice, though, that, bit by bit the sense of being outside of yourself has diminished with each passing day. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z
“It was the full and terrible truth, alas,” Horatio assures me, and I see by his eyes that his own griefs have not died, but only diminished. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z
The ice was somewhat diminished, but still stood in blocks and shards all about the vault. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
“He is showing us that the crowning ceremony angered him, and that his power is not diminished by it. We will see what else he plans to do.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z
Her instant appeal for bonobos appeared not to have diminished one bit. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z
Then a man pours outward, a torrent of him, and yet he is not diminished. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
The enemy before them seemed to have grown rather than diminished, and still more were pressing up from the valley through the breach. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z
But he looks much older with his hair flat and matted, his head an orb more dully drawn, as if diminished. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
By acquiescing in an act that can cause such suffering to a living creature, who among us is not diminished as a human being? Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z
They will stride forward, hands outstretched, girls from high school bloated or diminished, skins crinkled, frowns permanent, smooth-fleshed boyfriends of thirty years ago who’ve gone bald or grown mustaches or shrunk. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z
The afternoon stretched the shadows like taffy and the park entered its period of diminished popularity as supper approached. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
There was a part of him that could never leave the finca or the comfort of its cycles, and this diminished him for any other life. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
Slenderly, languidly, their hands set lightly on their hips the two young women preceded us out onto a rosy-colored porch open toward the sunset where four candles flickered on the table in the diminished wind. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z
But of course he was right, and by the time I came to womanhood even I had to acknowledge that his prestige was much diminished. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z
Inside, after adjusting to the diminished light, they stare at a desk with an inkwell at its top, a soot-stained fireplace, a washtub, a short, narrow bed. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
Even after a trumpeter appeared on a tiny balcony at the peak of the playhouse and blew a fanfare, the babble scarcely diminished. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z
Harry felt strangely diminished, as though he had shrunk a little since he had entered the room. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z
Intelligence and knowledge had changed me, and he would resent me—as the others from the bakery resented me— because my growth diminished him. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z
You must know your major, minor, augmented and diminished triads. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z
I would have reminded him that I was no doctor and therefore was ill equipped to do a thorough examination, but impudence would have diminished my lead. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
As the flames diminished, I sank onto my stomach, too weak to even scream. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
But his mind was not on pursuit, nor would it be until the pain diminished somewhat. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
They’d have to work to find their voices and not be diminished, to keep themselves from getting beaten down. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
There is little indication that the motivations and propensities for warfare have diminished since, and both conventional and nuclear weaponry has become far more deadly. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
The floor has stopped shaking, but the sound has not diminished. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z
Are you surprised that the augmented fourth and diminished fifth sound the same? Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z
The designs became cruder, the repertoire of themes reduced, the technical skill diminished. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
Almost instantly the excruciating pain in his hand had diminished to the throb which was, now, all he could recall of the experience. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z
Philip Lombard's senses seemed heightened, rather than diminished. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z
TV undercut the mystique of royalty but spread its image, expanding the queen’s virtual reach even as the colonial empire diminished. Her Majesty’s Last Broadcast 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z
I do feel, though, that in the end my experience empowered rather than diminished me, and for that I am extremely grateful; particularly to MacNeill. ‘Cancer I could deal with. Losing my breast I could not’ 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z
And, in the opinion of many growers and producers, old vines offer grapes of unsurpassed quality, even if age has diminished their productivity. New Wines From Old Spanish Vines 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z
And it’s likely that their visibility will be further diminished in the months ahead as more artists arrive and space grows scarcer. The Art of Politics, in ‘Agitprop!’ at the Brooklyn Museum 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z
In January, Ms. Prescod, who lives in New Orleans, began to realize how much her water consumption had diminished now that she no longer works in an office. The Water Bottle That Won’t Leave You Alone 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z
When he was a toddler, his parents were told he would have diminished intellectual capacity. They Met on the Court. They Both Won in Love. 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z
The tops will be leggy and the roots diminished. When growing transplants for the garden, don’t crowd the roots 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z
And yet, even diminished, the circus remained a staple of American childhood. Backstage at the Ringling Brothers Circus, 1977 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z
But here’s the odd thing: They vitally, desperately, want and need us to be there — living, breathing, rustling bodies that we are — because the music is diminished without us there to witness it. Critic’s Notebook: Maestro at Work: Hold That Cough 2013-12-31T22:27:31Z
This month, the eastern monarchs will begin migrating through the Rio Grande Valley, one of the country's most biologically diverse regions, whose native habitat is already 95 percent diminished by human interference. Butterflies were symbols of rebirth. Then they started disappearing. 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z
She explained how the expropriation of land from Palestinian farmers and the closure of borders with Syria and Lebanon, which led to a labor shortage, diminished the economic viability of olive farming. The Best Olive Oil in the World? This Village Thinks So. 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z
Edwards’s hulking, mentally diminished Tom Kettle is a persuasive inheritor of the mantle of Lennie Small in “Of Mice and Men”; wait for his remarkable wooing scene. Review | ‘The Ferryman,’ an explosive, exhilarating human drama 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z
“My desire to be seen and heard in spaces where my humanity was consistently diminished or dismissed was my unconscious goal,” he writes in a subsequent chapter. Review | Billy Porter bares his soul in ‘Unprotected’ 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z
Steve’s diminished eyesight hasn’t impaired his nearly photographic memory for architecture or his acute attention to the smallest detail of an interior—the welting trim, for example. Steve Wynn 2010-09-01T04:00:00Z
I loved her strength — not just her physical power, but the idea that she wouldn’t allow her voice to be diminished by anyone. Michelle Obama: By the Book 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z
It may be too large for Hollywood movies whose artistic reach has diminished since the 1970s. The Week Ahead: Feb. 20 ? 26 2011-02-17T15:17:47Z
Last week, worrying aloud, he took aim at what he saw as the diminished critical standards of the literary blogosphere. Are professional book reviewers better than amateurs? 2012-10-01T10:21:40Z
Three of the major studios have closed, absorbed or scaled back their various specialty divisions, including a now severely diminished Miramax Films. 2010-01-29T18:09:00Z
A so-so Thanksgiving on a weekend with such a good variety of movies could be a sign that Hollywood simply has to live with diminished expectations. 'Twilight' keeps shining with $42M second weekend 2011-11-27T23:01:03Z
But he also said those achievements are mildly diminished by sections that read like “an uncritical paean to Deng’s character.” Tracing the Impact Deng Xiaoping Beyond Tiananmen Square 2011-10-19T22:37:48Z
But for the two weeks following, I still couldn't smell anything, which ultimately diminished the flavor of food. How I enjoyed eating when I lost my sense of smell and taste 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z
His promotion post-Escobar brings him back to Colombia with increased authority and credibility, but such a diminished will that he bristles in shame any time his Escobar triumph is hailed. ‘Narcos’ Season 3: Watched It All? Let’s Talk 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z
And, in the third act, the actors literally deconstructed the stage floor as they shifted the rectangular tables that comprised it: a perfect metaphor for diminished hopes and dreams. Best theatre of 2012, No 3: Three Sisters, Young Vic 2012-12-19T17:40:41Z
What I love about James’s Trump is, it’s the diminished Trump. Lorne Michaels Discusses the ‘Year of Reinvention’ Coming to ‘S.N.L.’ 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z
He disputed the critique that his book was overly focused on Roth’s intimate relationships and diminished the women in his life. What Happens to Philip Roth’s Legacy Now? 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z
Murray doesn’t want to see that diminished opportunity and hope is much more likely to unravel families than missing church. Love in the time of layoffs 2012-08-03T20:12:00Z
Never mind that this change has occurred at a time when the awards show is suffering diminished ratings and a general loss of cultural traction. The Oscars Red Carpet Is Living Again 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z
The skill of the wrestlers, and the entertainment value of the “sport,” was, at least for me, no less diminished by that fact. It’s all just wrestling to Donald Trump: Everything the GOP front-runner knows about politics, he learned from the WWF 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z
During exhibitors began offering double features in the hope of luring back their diminished audience. DVDs: Now on DVD, Glenda Farrell as Torchy Blane 2010-05-08T02:52:00Z
The question is whether it will draw so many more visitors that the qualities that made Mount Fuji a cultural asset in the first place will be diminished. Update: Mount Fuji, So Popular It Hurts 2013-08-13T14:57:06Z
Both initiatives failed — and failed badly, leaving him with a diminished capacity to extend the New Deal or intervene to deter German, Italian and Japanese aggressions. Franklin Roosevelt’s Story Is Worth Telling Again and Again 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z
Viewers may have held their breath slightly, seeing White reach haltingly for words in a way that seemed somewhat diminished, yet still comical. Review | At this year’s Emmy Awards, the talk about diversity doesn’t quite translate to trophies 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z
In a tragic yet wholly logical sequence of events, the child becomes the Man, and the Man becomes a diminished Man. The kids are all wrong 2012-05-29T15:20:00Z
Despite the diminished state of late-night television, and technology that has altered viewing habits, the “Tonight” show remains one of the signature franchises of broadcasting. The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia 2014-02-06T16:33:14Z
But as concerto followed concerto, the dances diminished in size, and the movement lagged at times to the point of lugubriousness. Review: In ‘Six Brandenburg Concertos,’ Diluting Bach’s Dancing Spirit 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z
My affection for the show, set in Bristol, has never diminished. Your next box set: Shoestring 2012-06-28T15:45:01Z
If you look closely, those photos show other things as well: Colors that, while stunning, are already diminished. Is This the Next Tulum? 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z
What have become all-too-familiar 21st-century refrains — too much information, too little time and the diminished attention spans that result from trying to cope — have only grown more insistent through the decade. Music: Want a Hit? Keep It Simple 2010-12-31T19:49:03Z
The titans were diminished, but far too many of the subcommittee members were the ones who looked small. Perspective | Tech titans gave their House testimony virtually. But it was the congressmen who departed from reality. 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z
As if to offset the diminished violence in “Police Story II,” the coda shows real injuries and actual blood. ‘Police Story,’ When Jackie Chan Swung Into Action 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z
That sadness, though, has not diminished the work’s popularity with playwrights, and now Atlantic for Kids, part of the Atlantic Theater Company, is presenting an imaginative musical adaptation. Spare Times for Children for Oct. 23-29 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z
A moment of "high risk", the BBC in danger of being "diminished" and "stuck in an analogue cul-de-sac", unable to adapt to the rapid changes in digital media. Tony Hall: 'High risk' period at BBC 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z
But that plan fell apart, as a long writers strike in 2007 and then the 2008 financial crisis diminished fund-raising prospects. Film Institution May Inhabit Part of Los Angeles Art Museum 2011-10-05T22:18:50Z
He suggests that the hosts used to be a “million perfect pieces” but time and budget cuts have diminished them. ‘Westworld,’ Season 1, Episode 5: The Search for Meaning 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z
Conventional wisdom says that new technology has diminished our habits of attention. Bach in New York 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z
Her appetite is diminished, along with her mobility. Linda Ronstadt never stopped singing 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z
Those links have already diminished the prince’s standing. Maxwell verdict bodes ill for Prince Andrew’s civil case 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z
It was a far cry from her travels on foot, and I feared that my adventures would somehow always be diminished compared with those of my predecessors. Footsteps: In Laos, the Lady and the Jars 2012-07-13T16:23:26Z
Characters in “A God in Ruins” have only one life, usually a pinched and diminished one that they’re looking back on with melancholy or regret. Kate Atkinson’s ‘A God in Ruins’ 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z
Thereafter, their zeal diminished, they pass much more quickly through the remaining rooms, often pausing only fleetingly except for the few well-trailed "masterpieces", thus leaving breathing space for any who like to linger. Letters: A superior class of cultural experience 2013-04-01T20:00:02Z
They almost dissolved on contact with the tongue, their ability to ferry flavors seemingly diminished by their ephemeral nature. Review | At this Maryland restaurant, hand-pulled noodles are the star attraction 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z
“We diminished the distortions of the losses,” he said. Antiques: Roman Forum Church, Santa Maria Antiqua 2012-06-14T21:10:47Z
Musically, however, this revival is a diminished affair. Imagination at play in a simple but joyful 'Into the Woods' 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z
At each of these points, the signal can be distorted or somehow diminished. Is 'The Beatles in Mono' necessary? Yes and no. 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z
She noted that all the years Renner had spent on the effects-intensive Marvel movies had not diminished his touch with normal human co-stars. Jeremy Renner Takes Aim at TV in ‘Hawkeye’ and ‘Mayor of Kingstown’ 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z
Audiences diminished rapidly, even though the Roxy offered a stage presentation with the Whiteman band and Gershwin playing “Rhapsody in Blue.” ‘King of Jazz’ now playing — once again — in living Technicolor 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z
Such scenes announce the higher role "Mahalia" plays as a parable about a Black woman's voice and identity, and how often and ferociously both are policed and diminished. In Lifetime's joyful "Mahalia," Danielle Brooks' song and fury triumphs over a tepid script 2021-04-03T04:00:00Z
My delight in Mr. Rushing’s appealing expertise is diminished by that quality, and the same goes for the company’s senior woman, Renee Robinson. Dance Review: A Physical Choreography, Turning Women Into Targets 2010-12-16T23:06:06Z
The show was rewritten in diminished form for the theatre, but it wasn't half as good, nor as wonderfully cast. Alan Plater obituary 2010-06-25T13:29:00Z
Was it justifiable resentment against technocratic elites by blue-collar workers with diminished opportunities? With the People’s Vote March, Brexit Goes Down the Rabbit Hole 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z
Driving home after these shared revelations, Tommy feels “that he had pulled the plug on himself, that by telling the thing he would never tell he had diminished himself past forgiveness. It really frightened him.” ‘Anything Is Possible’ demonstrates what Elizabeth Strout does best 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z
We can feel diminished and even inadequate when we can’t achieve climax. “Like you’re touching your closed eyelid”: (Mis)adventures in orgasmic meditation 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z
Once a diminished whaling town, Nantucket, Mass., salvaged its future by transforming itself into a vacation destination for New England’s elite. For Cyber Monday, Hotel Deals With an American Accent 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z
Even if they do, their chances are diminished if they are not receiving a private education. Should Oxbridge discriminate to boost the numbers of black students? 2010-12-12T00:07:00Z
For Shannon Morell, 40, the fear of going public was diminished by the desire to tell their story. Mich. couple write book about embryo mix-up 2010-04-30T22:10:00Z
The group had broken up, but their aura had not diminished. The night I partied with John Lennon. By James Kaplan 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z
Ultimately, however, the memory of Our Friends ... has not diminished. Box Set Club: Our Friends in the North 2011-07-19T13:29:17Z
Because the core of it is the family: loss of a child, secrets, diminished mental capacity, aimlessness.” Maryann Plunkett Is a Radiant Everywoman 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z
Was that down to Downey’s diminished star power or his ropey Welsh accent? Thor blimey: can Chris Hemsworth escape the post-Marvel curse? 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z
It no longer diminished you to a beautiful face or body. “What's wrong with being 57?”: Supermodel Paulina Porizkova questions the value of youth in beauty 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z
But they may feel just slightly diminished; you get the feeling that Branagh is moving through the film cheerfully ticking off boxes: Thor kisses Natalie, check. "Thor": All hail the ripped Aryan goofball! 2011-05-05T01:01:00Z
Heigl previously clashed with ABC after she complained over long working hours and that her role had been diminished. Heigl confirms Grey's departure 2010-03-25T10:29:00Z
The former president, arguably the consummate politician of his age, now looks hollowed out, diminished and somehow older than his years. 'As guarded as Fort Knox': the inside story of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z
Mr. Norsigian’s lawyer contends the statement by the center, which is not a defendant, “diminished the value” of the find. ArtsBeat: Another Legal Twist In Ansel Adams Case 2010-12-18T00:35:16Z
He hesitates as if approaching a sacred altar of sound, and then surrenders to his solitude, allowing himself to be haunted by their absence but not diminished by it. Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z
Mr. Ailes is gone, but his media empire, which includes Fox News, has hardly diminished. Worth the Ride: 5 Surprising Exhibition Spaces in Upstate New York 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z
But if its appearances have less novelty value than they did a generation ago, that hasn't diminished the quality they almost invariably provide. This week's new live music 2010-08-27T23:05:00Z
The band would be greatly diminished without him, as proved by an interval when he disappears and guitarist Martin Gore takes centre-stage for Higher Love and When the Body Speaks. Depeche Mode – review 2013-05-29T14:19:15Z
The reviews were mixed, and Mr. Jones’s output diminished. Thom Jones, onetime janitor who shone as a literary star in the 1990s, dies at 71 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z
But he believes "the real topic is diminished" when observers link Hollywood entertainment with high-profile mass shootings like those last year in Connecticut and Colorado. Bruce Willis: Don't infringe on Second Amendment 2013-02-06T13:41:12Z
It's about striking a balance – and if I'd like to see the trio take their own story a mite more seriously, that scarcely diminished my enjoyment of their idiocy. The Ballad of Backbone Joe 2010-08-13T21:01:00Z
Although Heyman’s book was a collection of fine-art photographs, it, too, aimed to provide women with a rousing reaffirmation of their own corporeal and emotional experiences, many of which had historically been hidden or diminished. Abigail Heyman’s Groundbreaking Images of Women’s Lives 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z
Yes, people care about this type of watch because it poses the challenge of containing one of horology’s most challenging complications in a diminished space without affecting its chronometric integrity,” he says. Special Report: A Cut Above: Watches: Not Just in, Thin Is Almost De Rigueur 2011-03-24T07:01:13Z
It turns out that Kidman makes sense, since the chores of monarchy have diminished this Grace’s glow and Kidman is an ace at conveying primal weariness. REVIEW: The Real Scandal Around Grace of Monaco: It's Not Very Good 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z
I fervently wanted this reboot to be big enough to marry my childhood dreams with my adult belief that women aren’t ennobled by suffering or diminished by ambition. Why Disney's New Cinderella Is the Anti-Frozen 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z
It has reopened as a neighborhood spot with the Mexican focus diminished. Doma Food and Drinks Opens in the East Village 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z
I like, too, the idea that, by dint of his need and diminished status, George might be pitiable to William, in the way Benji is pitiable to George. Emma Cline on the Movie Business 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z
Absent the “shared intentionality” of singing and dancing, such empathic concern was diminished. We’re wired to sing 2012-07-07T19:00:00Z
The musicians, on violin, guitar and vocals, are higher caliber, though frequently diminished by poor sound design. Review: ‘Lorca Madly in Love’ Portrays a Forbidden Romance Through Flamenco 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z
Defense attorneys counter that Murray already faces a lifetime of shame and diminished opportunities and should receive probation. Doctor to be sentenced for Michael Jackson's death 2011-11-28T22:36:18Z
A late painting, made in 1901, when he was supposedly too diminished by alcohol to do substantial work, is one of the most intense in the exhibition. Review | Yes, Toulouse-Lautrec was an alcoholic cabaret creature. But his art ranged far beyond the demimonde. 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z
Nirvana and Pearl Jam, the two other members of that trinity, have not seen their reputations diminished whatsoever in recent years. The world is still a vampire: Smashing Pumpkins can’t get the respect they’ve earned 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z
That actually provides a measure of financial protection; NBC’s rival networks are down, too, and few events reach an audience as large as the Olympics, even in a diminished state. NBC perseveres after rough start in transitional Olympics 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z
Speaking of her generation’s possibly diminished capacity for deep friendships, Ms. Schiller issued an unintentionally resonant qualification. Are My Friends Really My Friends? 2018-05-12T04:00:00Z
Their power may have been limited during their lives by men, misogyny and the executioner, and diminished afterward by the dust of time, but hey, it’s still a tale you can dance to. Review: In ‘Six,’ All the Tudor Ladies Got Talent 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z
I've known all along that Wagner was an anti-Semite, and it hasn't in the least diminished my admiration for his work. Charlie Rose, Louis C.K., Kevin Spacey: Rebuked. Now What Do We Do With Their Work? 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z
Also on view: three new paintings executed in black on white that at first seem diminished by the lack of color. Joe Grillo and Zane Lewis in Separate Shows at the Hole 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z
With the succession of tragedies in her immediate family — all coinciding with changing markets in the art world in the 2000s — Ms. Landau’s interest in collecting diminished. Emily Fisher Landau, Patron of Contemporary Art, Dies at 102 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z
In "Handmaid's Tale" Serena Joy is psychologically and emotionally diminished, and loses a finger for aiming too high in the patriarchy whose foundations she laid. "Lovecraft Country" sorceress is America's Next Top Karen, joining TV's other ultimate Karens 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z
When someone Mr. Vij follows on Twitter posted an audio clip of a rap-song advertisement supporting the presidential candidacy of Ben Carson, Mr. Vij struggled with his diminished ability to express himself. Twitter Fans Speak Out Against the Heart 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z
If the words “jewel” or “gem” weren’t so diminished by indiscriminate use, they might do to describe “Mister Monkey.” High Praise for a Novel About an Awful Children’s Musical 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z
The last one was carved in the 14th century, when maritime trade routes expanded and traffic on the road through Dunhuang diminished. The Getty's 'Cave Temples of Dunhuang': How ancient desert outpost became remarkable global crossroads 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z
The film’s referential pleasures feel insubstantial, diminished by the direct comparison to more meaningful works of the period. ‘18½’ Review: Watergate, Through a Fog 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z
Today, the loss of some high notes to age hasn't diminished the drama in his singing; if anything, his voice, even with a slightly smaller range, has grown only more expressive. Johnny Mathis — time for a full-scale comeback? 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z
He said his comments "diminished the contributions, genius and impact of Black and women artists and I apologize wholeheartedly for those remarks." The erasure of Black and female rockers is still apparently a problem 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z
The stakes-raising escalation of budgets and ticket prices have diminished the chances of such small, potent pleasures. Critic’s Notebook: Broadway’s Laughs, From Nathan Lane to Bette Midler 2013-05-29T16:05:07Z
Knew that in moments of insecurity and national crisis, often civil liberties were jeopardized and diminished, and we needed to stand strong. ‘We the people’ means all of us, ACLU director says 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z
His standing weekly session at the pub with friends — “most Thursdays,” he said, dating back to 1976 — had become a diminished event even before Dublin’s watering holes shut down. 4 Writers to Watch This Summer 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z
Is her forever family somehow diminished because it exists across two households? Motherlode Blog: When Divorce Magnifies Adoption’s Losses 2014-01-13T18:26:38Z
And in an aged of diminished audiences, the ratings are still not terrible. The Base, the Ratings and the Chair: The Conventions and TV 2012-09-07T14:48:45Z
Spending a lot of time on Facebook is linked to diminished well-being, according to many studies. Green with Facebook envy, red with Twitter rage: This is your psyche on social media 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z
Their 2014 album, “Hypnotic Eye,” reached No. 1 on the Billboard album chart, a testimonial to fans’ lingering loyalty in an era of diminished disc sales. Tom Petty, Staple of Rock Radio With the Heartbreakers, Dies at 66 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z
Those random things that are the fabric of our lives are so greatly diminished. Seeking Solace in Art 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z
Many others are still hanging on, but sometimes in name only, their editorial ranks so diminished that they are seen as “ghost newspapers.” Perspective | Local journalism needs a coronavirus stimulus plan, too 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z
Klaproth says his client’s case is not diminished by the earlier lawsuit. Ex-server sues Bombay Club owner, claiming he was stiffed overtime 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z
It is not a sign of diminished maturity to revisit the lessons and memories of youth; rather, these remembrances can be a source of strength when adulthood most demands it. Review | Yes, this novel has a cat narrator. I’m not ashamed to say it had me at meow. 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z
But after my son was born, I felt diminished. Exercising to Slim Down? Try Getting Bigger. 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z
But, of course, fans of the novel are likely to spend most of their time noting what’s been diminished. Review: ‘Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell,’ a Battlefield Where Magic Is the Weapon of Choice 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z
The number that irks critics the most isn’t 156,000 but 1, with its visibility and the implied victory of reaching a commercial peak, no matter how diminished it may be. Arcade Fire?s Hit Record, and an Indie-Rock Identity Crisis 2010-08-15T01:30:00Z
The literary magazine Bookforum announced on Monday that its current issue would be its last, dealing a significant blow to literary journalism, which has been vastly diminished in recent years. Bookforum Is Closing, Leaving Ever Fewer Publications Devoted to Books 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z
But if we narrow our horizons, take our eye off the long term, we all become diminished. The Royal Opera House: Welcome to the new people's palace 2011-03-06T00:16:48Z
“I just feel a little diminished and I’ve had enough of that,” she continues. Parker Posey: ‘I didn’t think I would work again – so I wrote a book’ 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z
The path, which in the beginning had been carved wide and deep by dozens of ski tracks, diminished to two, then disappeared. Ski safari in Utah 2010-12-18T00:07:45Z
A divorced father who’s slowly emerging from the closet, Liannetto is also, in his way, doomed — a cough, diminished appetite and night sweats hint why — but morally secure, a walking indictment of fame. A Louche Life Set to a Show-Tunes Score 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z
Thus the blues exists on the margins of American cultural life, a quaint reminder of what once was, a sound with a colossal history, a diminished reality and a tenuous future. Can blues music survive the 21st Century? 2011-06-03T15:46:00Z
His desire to put pencil to paper and sketch artful things never diminished, he says, but churning out collection after collection did. Valentino's new runway is the ballet stage 2012-09-19T17:30:18Z
Identity politics got baked into American life in 1789, when constitutional rights and privileges were extended to white men, while the rest were offered arduous mechanisms for contesting their own diminished status. Jimmie Durham's art throws some well-aimed stones 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z
But how about noticing the tiniest vignette from a minor romantic comedy and turning it into a meditation on man’s diminished significance in the Atomic Age? Richard Matheson (1926–2013): The Wizard of What-If? 2013-06-28T20:55:11Z
It’s not just that the alcohol content of the usual Negroni is diminished. The Tipsy Diaries: In an Imperfect World, a Drink Made for It 2011-04-28T18:40:03Z
The point of the work has not diminished, and the restoration for me, merely adds another interesting facet to its social history. Silvio Berlusconi's restoration work is no cock-up 2010-11-22T11:40:00Z
The perishable world she and I glimpsed had vanished; it now seemed merely diminished. Modern Love: My Illness, the Third Partner in Our Relationship 2014-04-24T19:30:01Z
Christopher Dinolfo proves amusingly hammy at times, as a histrionic gentleman of the company whose status is diminished after women begin assuming the female leading roles that belonged to him. Review | Oh, Nell, you deserved better! ‘Nell Gwynn’ is a disappointing new play at the Folger. 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z
Although Rocky Mountain National Park’s popularity has only increased since its inception, there was a time when the Stanley Hotel’s grandeur diminished. Leaf-peeping and spooky vibes make Estes Park, Colo., a dynamic fall destination 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z
Some faculty are concerned that distinctions of each campus would be diminished. Scholars call for U. of I. president's ouster 2012-02-29T04:36:00Z
Man drastically diminished the realm of the birds – first with fire, axe and plough, later with guns, urban development and supercharged agriculture. The Sea Inside by Philip Hoare – review 2013-05-30T06:30:01Z
After a conversation with a fellow trucker who’s “caught in the amber of class, education and diminished expectations,” Murphy offers a sharp diversion from the expected up-by-the-bootstraps allegories. Memoirs Take the Wheel 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z
As I grew older I figured my chances only diminished. Guitar Zero: psychologist Gary Marcus says science proves it's never to late to learn music 2012-06-05T15:11:01Z
Imagine this country's vibrant arts landscape diminished for the sake of short-term cuts, or London without one of its significant artistic institutions. Music matters: 10 years at Wigmore Hall 2011-01-06T22:59:01Z
Isaac Deutscher, Trotsky’s biographer and a committed anti-Stalinist of the left, was probably the first to notice the diminished quality of later defections. The Plight of the Political Convert 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z
A diminished endowment hurts because many performing arts organizations rely on investment earnings to help finance their operating budgets. Metropolitan Opera?s Donations Hit a Record $182 Million 2011-10-11T02:17:33Z
Its presentation in Kassel isolates a narrow window of mobilization and protest in the late 1980s and early ’90s, in which women played important roles that are diminished in patriarchal histories. Documenta Was a Whole Vibe. Then a Scandal Killed the Buzz. 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z
Most evenings we opt for a light and simple supper then move onto the porch for a cold dessert once the heat of the day has diminished. 2 pies and a sherbet: refreshing, super-simple cold treats to enjoy as the weather heats up 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z
And it has not just been the members of Britain's political class who have found adjusting to diminished power and reach challenging. Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain by John Darwin - review 2012-12-28T08:00:03Z
In many instances, the food quality or taste may have diminished, but there's nothing inherently "unsafe" about these foods. Food waste can be lessened by being a little less strict about "use by" dates 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z
So how did the band pull it off, when so many of its contemporaries have been forgotten or diminished? Plagiarists or innovators? The Led Zeppelin paradox endures 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z
Some limitations of adapting secondhand material show through in the uneven visual quality and diminished control over mood. Movie Review: Werner Herzog’s ‘Happy People: A Year in the Taiga’ 2013-01-25T01:35:29Z
Fortunately, he retains sufficient performance skills to compensate for diminished resources with his warmth of personality and vitality. Rolando Villaz?n ? review 2010-12-08T21:45:00Z
He’d lost 120 pounds in recent months — by cutting grains and sugars from his diet — but that wasn’t the transformation that diminished him to some. The ballad of Big John Fetterman: Democrats yearned for a folk hero. But will they vote for one? 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z
Throughout my own transition, I’ve often wondered whether my voice, which is deeper than that of the typical cisgender woman, diminished my value as a woman. What does a woman sound like? Vocal training helps trans women find their voices 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z
Prolonging the series was simply good business, even if later installments had diminished the revenue stream and exhausted the content. Box Office: 'Saw 3D' Slashes to No. 1 2010-11-19T14:15:00Z
Nothing in this review makes me genuinely concerned for a diminished federal government—too intrusive and nosy as it is. Eating Away at Government From the Inside 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z
He is preoccupied not only with the crime story around which “The Troubled Man” revolves but also with his diminished prospects and deteriorating state of mind. Books of The Times: Detective Meets His End, Sort Of 2011-03-27T22:37:55Z
But “jewel” and “gem” have been diminished in a critical context, so let me use another word, which cannot be diminished: Chekhovian. High Praise for a Novel About an Awful Children’s Musical 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z
Those tend to be about someone's rights being diminished. Activists take a stand with rhymes 2010-10-25T15:37:00Z
Ninotchka’s personhood is diminished, even as the composer’s work is vulgarized. On DVD, an American in Paris (and in the Soviet Union) 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z
This vision is what sets Thomas apart from his fellow-conservatives on the bench, who believe that racism is either defeated or being diminished. Clarence Thomas’s Radical Vision of Race 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z
Where “The Men’s Club” offers over-the-top operatics, “The Throwback Special” gives us hidden neuroses; as a result, the men of Bachelder’s novel can tend to look, in comparison, diminished. Two Novels About Frustrated White Men, Thirty-five Years Apart 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z
Europe's capacity and willingness for overseas expansion would be further diminished by an empire manqué – Germany – gone mad in its midst. The ruins of empire: Asia's emergence from western imperialism 2012-07-27T07:00:04Z
“It was important to transition out of this phase while the company was in a successful place and not let my own diminished capacity cause it to dwindle.” Trey McIntyre Project’s last dance: Success kills a thriving company
The songs use distinctive minor modes and diminished harmonies, long zigzagging melodies and a brooding, smoldering groove that often moves in six-beat rhythms rather than the 4/4 of American funk. Review: Feedel Band and the Libyans, African Sounds at the Global Beat Festival 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z
But the organization has been weakened by decades of media cutbacks that diminished the number of art critics with staff positions on newspapers and magazines. Art Critics: Next Endangered Species? 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z
My father, who was trained in engineering at M.I.T. in the slide-rule era, often lamented the way the pocket calculator, for all its convenience, diminished my generation’s math skills. First: The Twitter Trap 2011-05-18T20:53:46Z
Where this diminished legacy also becomes clear is on the streaming platforms Spotify and Apple Music, both of which lack releases from INXS's catalog. New INXS doc revives Michael Hutchence's vibrant mystique amidst the band's diminished legacy 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z
A visit with Anselm Kiefer, the rich and productive painter whose watercolors illustrate this book, leaves him feeling diminished. Review | Karl Ove Knausgaard struggles to conclude his seasonal memoirs with ‘Summer’ 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z
Jamison piles on a multitude of quotes attesting to Lowell’s great genius, perhaps because the poet’s reputation has diminished since his death. Review | Kay Redfield Jamison puts Robert Lowell on the couch in an exhilarating biography 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z
We drove that stretch of road many times during our visit, and our wonder at its grandeur never diminished. A family shares the grandeur of Wyoming 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z
The group, which started in 1980 in Athens, Ga., was a commanding force in music for two solid decades and a venerable, though slightly diminished act in the third. R.E.M. Says Goodbye With Its Last Single 2011-10-19T16:45:29Z
But I'd like to get back into television, because I think that even though, as diminished, as fragmented as it is, it still is a powerful messenger. D.L. Hughley: The ultimate Black superhero would have the power "to make white people believe him" 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z
That polarization has diminished the quality of the elected leadership while breeding a sense of alienation and suspicion among the populace. 'It's easy to make someone a monster' - behind a Roger Ailes documentary 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z
"The dimensions of the conflict have diminished sufficiently that mining has resumed on the occupied land," the man says, which Partagaz responds to by asking him about "storage issues with the displaced." From bureaucratic drudgery to prison labor, “Andor” shows how exploitation leads to the Dark Side 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z
Though it’s a bit diminished at BAM, this overwhelming achievement of “Sun & Sea” endures: It brings our ecological disquiet and our technological derangement into registration, turning the opera’s endless vacation into our own. Review: In ‘Sun & Sea,’ We Laze Away the End of the World 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z
But the vibe that brought him to reggae is diminished. ‘The Half That’s Never Been Told,’ by Doctor Dread 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z
That night — which really ruffled feathers when the after-party started late, leaving guests standing outside the Howard Theatre — has become emblematic of Theatre Washington’s dangerously diminished fortunes. After Levy, what next for Theatre Washington and the Hayes Awards? 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z
Closer to home, sweet Maine shrimp would make an excellent substitute if it weren’t for the fact that the fishing season was canceled this winter because of diminished stocks, resulting from rising ocean temperatures. Butter and Shrimp Make Holiday Magic 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z
A few stories are diminished by endings that flinch. The Concealed Weapons of ‘Kiss Me Someone’ 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z
At the same time, the rituals surrounding bathing have not diminished. ‘La Toilette’: Art Show Explores Women’s Bathing Rituals Through History 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z
Everyone agrees that the confirmation process was ugly, leaving the Senate and Court diminished. The Kavanaugh hearings: Angry white men get to be righteous; angry women “a mob” 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z
More of the attacks were anti-Semitic rather than homophobic, Mr. Polis said — he is also Colorado’s first Jewish governor — and the vitriol diminished over time. Colorado’s Got a Gay Governor. Who Cares? 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z
The sum included repairs, administrative fees, loss of use and diminished value. Is this rental-car repair bill a scam? 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z
Mr. Scott said that the shuttering of “At the Movies” did not necessarily reflect a diminished interest in cinema criticism or a decline in its ability to influence audiences. Final Season for ?At the Movies? 2010-03-25T22:27:00Z
And, she notes, none of this news — the Rana Plaza catastrophe was widely covered — diminished Americans’ appetites for cheap clothing. How Fast Fashion Is Destroying the Planet 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z
He conceded that privacy was diminished by the internet and that the case involved sensitive and personal issues, both points arguing for anonymity. A Kevin Spacey Accuser Tried to Sue Anonymously. A Judge Said No. 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z
Television may be in the midst of a golden era, but that hasn’t diminished the popularity of vintage TV series. Vintage TV fans can can catch their favorites on several networks 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z
The weather was relatively cool in 2017, with late frosts that diminished yields, but the wines were vibrant and full of Chablis character, which delighted me. Among Chardonnays, Chablis Is Not Better, Just Different 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z
News outlets treated his killing as a reminder that the Mafia still exists, although in a greatly diminished form. Smart Watch: "Billions" makes organized crime on Wall Street and in politics fun to watch 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z
The Globes reputation as an Oscars bellwether has diminished in recent years, with the organisation increasingly diverging in its choices from the Academy. Golden Globes 2019: Vice leads pack with six nominations 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z
The diminished self of the literary writer exists alongside the energized self of the journalist in this book, and gives it its appealingly comic-pathetic undertone. The Strange Prophecies in Norman Mailer’s “The Armies of the Night” 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z
Adding to the pathos of “Three Lions” this time around is the fact that the home to which the song refers is so contested, fractured, and diminished. An Anthem to England, Football, and English Defeatedness 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z
The association went on to say, “We especially wish to apologize to all those who felt offended, discriminated against or diminished by the choice of the artist in question.” Belgium Drops Rapper from World Cup Song After Sexism Outcry 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z
Many of these views aren't uncommon among disgruntled liberals in South Africa, and Brink is well aware that, as a white intellectual, he's easily dismissed as a person of diminished relevance or worse. A life in writing: Andr? Brink 2010-06-04T23:06:00Z
From then on, significant episodes of violence often prompted increased fortification and diminished public commons. How terrorists became the unspoken architects of the Capitol 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z
This unflattering portrait has survived to this day, not least thanks to a poem by Robert Browning, who depicts the henpecked artist sadly diminished by a faithless wife. Free hand 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z
Mina herself, in the meantime, is pregnant and thus assumed by those around her to be in a diminished state — physically delicate and mentally frail. In a Battle for Female Personhood, These Plays Are on the Front Lines 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z
In cases where one partner’s earning capacity will have been significantly diminished, a post-nup is a “sensible and reasonable act”, she says. The rise of the post-nuptial agreement: ‘My husband behaved like a rutting stag’ 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z
Poetry needn’t be a call to action but this one raises many questions, not the least of which is: What and whom should we root for in today’s world of diminished dreams? Review | Poetry need not be a call to action, but ‘The Long Take’ is 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z
Curiosity — that animating impulse behind all travel — need not be diminished by the pandemic. Hiking along Virginia’s Aquia Creek and finding history a stone’s throw from home 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z
On “Nutty,” he veers toward the traditional — intimating Monk’s stride-piano technique by way of early ragtime guitar, then running through a rising sequence of diminished chords like a bebop guitarist. For the First Time, Thelonious Monk’s Songbook Swings Solo 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z
The cellmate was the distasteful character, but Will was the one being diminished. 'The Newsroom' Recap: Technology's Latest Victim 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z
The novel's ending is both bravura and brave: it closes like a diminished seventh chord, an awful pause that could resolve itself into different cadences. The Deadman's Pedal by Alan Warner – review 2012-06-01T07:00:03Z
His father established a successful plantation before he died in 1823; thereafter the family’s lifestyle diminished. Review: George Caleb Bingham’s Serene Images of Rivers and Frontier Life, at the Met 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z
It felt comparably small, and therefore music video felt diminished. Good News for MTV’s V.M.A.s: Music Videos Matter Again 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z
Yet in the program that debuted at the Joyce Theater on Tuesday, that attraction is partly diminished. Review: BalletBoyz Get Ready to Rumble 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z
Mine are further diminished because the clump is overgrown: The blooms are too few and crowded in a thicket of leaves. Spring is nearly here. Have you finished your winter chores? 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z
Some analysts theorized that Mr. Cruise’s presence ratcheted up box-office expectations; others contended that coverage of his personal life has diminished his star power. ‘The Fault in Our Stars’ Tops Weekend Box Office 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z
One of the reasons Zoglin believes Hope's legacy has diminished over the years is that "he just stayed around too long." Bob Hope gets little thanks for all the memories 2014-11-29T05:00:00Z
He lived the rest of his life diminished, and died at 62 in 1967, in Princeton, New Jersey. Behind ‘Oppenheimer,’ a Prizewinning Biography 25 Years in the Making 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z
The bold professionals who are standing up to their management will fight to bring us books from authors who for too long were excluded or diminished while publishers prided themselves on their pure liberal values. Perspective | The Philip Roth biography is canceled, Mike Pence’s book could be next — and publishing may never be the same 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z
This strategic blunder has guaranteed the relative isolation and diminished influence of the Christian left in the face of a rising tide of religious conservatism. Why does the left wing ignore atheists? 2012-08-08T13:36:00Z
And as the force of incursions has increased, age-old means of self-support have diminished. An Art Critic in Africa: In Mali, Finding Art as Authentic as Life Itself 2012-04-16T18:59:43Z
The Academy also demystified its own ritual by opening its show to live streams, Twitter feeds and other behind-the-scenes moments that sometimes diminished the magic. A Coronation for ?The King?s Speech? 2011-02-28T05:33:01Z
Today, less local journalism—and less meaningful journalism—moves through a diminished network. The U.S. newspaper crisis is growing: More than 1 in 5 local papers have closed since 2004 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z
Comic books were sillier back in the Silver Age, but the appeal of comic book animals hasn’t diminished, even when comic books are generally more serious fare. From Pizza Dog to Vincent Van Goat, the best comic book pets 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z
Like Doc Holliday, I am diminished and disabled by long-term illness. Why I'd like to be ... Val Kilmer in Tombstone 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z
But alas, Bigelow was not among the names read Thursday morning, leading to inevitable speculation that Bigelow and the film were diminished by the many objections to the movie's much-debated depiction of torture. Oscar snubs: Musical chairs in the director's seat 2013-01-10T17:25:12Z
But the effect was diminished by the participation of Mr. Chavez, a spirited but sloppy mover whose facial expressions constantly indicated difficulty in chewing something. Dance Review: Roclan Gonz?lez Chavez in ?Kings of Salsa? - Review 2011-10-18T20:50:41Z
Besides disliking the diminished privacy and the inhibiting quality of feeling watched, I valued my anonymous, boring life. Searching for Bill Watterson 2013-04-07T17:00:00Z
The emphasis on Mia Farrow as the source of Allen’s diminished social and professional prospects is odd at first read. Soon-Yi Previn and Woody Allen’s strange charm offensive: An enigma wrapped in scandal 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z
Within 10 years, most of that dance quality had diminished appallingly, with a loss of central energy. Taking the Pulse of New York City Ballet Without Peter Martins 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z
I can’t help but think about how compromised the wilderness is in America at this moment, how its diminished state will only worsen. Adventuring while female: why the relationship women have with nature matters 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z
More typically, the scholarship written to disprove her connection to Jefferson routinely diminished Hemings’s humanity. Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson and the Ways We Talk About Our Past 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z
Giacometti’s allure was also not diminished on Wednesday night. A Manet Portrait Fuels High Prices on a Competitive Night for Christie’s 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z
With this act of tribute, Flanagan dissipates completely the mysterious effects Kubrick so successfully created; the horrors of the Overlook are diminished and domesticated, transformed into lumbering zombies. ‘Doctor Sleep’ tries to reconcile the visions of Stephen King and Stanley Kubrick. But is that possible? 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z
To some, it was evidence that the job had diminished in importance — that he was, to quote one Michael Wolff article about Mr. Truman, “Chaunce the Gardener.” James Truman, A Crown Prince in a New Kingdom 2013-08-16T21:00:35Z
But renewed anti-Asian sentiment and the Production Code of the 1930s, which put a chokehold on the depiction of interracial relationships, further diminished the industry’s willingness to work with performers of Asian descent. James Wong Howe: A Gutsy Cinematographer Finally Gets His Due 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z
Simonoff concurred, noting that the smaller number of reviews published these days means there’s diminished value in non-recommendations, and that no review today carries the weight of a scathing review in the not-so distant past. Do Book Critics Need a Code of Ethics? 2013-05-30T19:13:05Z
As soon as she did anything that was less than perfect, she completely diminished in value. That Intense New Character on ‘You’? Victoria Pedretti ‘Had the Tools’ 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z
Known for inducing feelings of euphoria, closeness and diminished anxiety, Ecstasy was quickly embraced by Wall Street traders and Chelsea gallerinas. Molly: Pure, but Not So Simple 2013-06-21T21:15:29Z
Fortunately, the Royal made a DVD of the production, and the precious thing, though inevitably diminished, survives another translation of medium. Bounding Across Space and Time, via DVD 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z
“When I came I tried to resurrect the idea, because it had diminished. But the huge challenge is real estate. Stratford works because it’s a town where actors can afford to live and raise children.” In Praise of Repertory Theater: Macbeth at the Matinee, Miller at Night 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z
Iranian men in my community set the rules, handled the money and diminished women, including me. I was born in Iran, and misogyny pushed me away from my culture. Now I have hope for Iranian girls 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z
But Shakespeare gave us Cordelia, too — King Lear’s daughter, who grieves for her living father when she sees how diminished he has become. A Ghostly Father Sets Off a Cascade of Memories 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z
Every so often, a studio dusts off an old property in the hope of selling it anew, often to diminished ends. ‘The Invisible Man’ Review: Gaslight Nation, Domestic Edition 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z
We must read all characters — living and dead, fictional and real — with respect and not diminish them, or allow them to be diminished because of the color of their skin. Ibram X. Kendi Likes to Read at Bedtime 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z
Afterward, we had to ask, has the influence of the tabloids diminished because they tried hard, but didn’t succeed, in crushing Jeremy Corbyn? Writing Rupert, Playing Murdoch, Making ‘Ink’ 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z
The diminished audience for “Idol” needs to be put in perspective. Once a Juggernaut, ‘American Idol’ Becomes a Ratings Also-Ran 2014-03-21T19:06:33Z
The article acknowledged the toll of the House Un-American Activities Committee on the industry's creative output, along with a diminished foreign market for American films. "Miracle on 34th Street" reminds us that home ownership was once an elusive dream for many Americans 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z
One thing seem true if the Roman Catholic Church can not control culture, it will be diminished. A Conservative Catholic Begs the Pope: Lead Us Not Into Temptation 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z
Approach him in a genial way: “I’m sad about the way our friendship has diminished. Do you think there’s anything we can do to restore it?” My Ex and I Are Friends. Why Won’t His Wife Accept That? 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z
Epithet inflation has diminished “great” somewhat so we have to be careful. Ian McEwan: By the Book 2012-12-06T15:54:37Z
His is a current model of movie stardom that’s diminished but not without common sense, too. A Different Brand of Leading Man 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z
“Unsparing as Hu’s anatomy of moral drift may be, there is something graceful in his sympathetic attention to lives defined almost entirely by disappointment and diminished hope,” A.O. What’s on TV Monday: ‘An Elephant Sitting Still’ on Criterion and a PBS Documentary 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z
She loved cooking, even for a diminished eater. Garlic with Everything 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z
But each of those choices is a diminished thing; attainable without effort, disposable without a second thought, just another icon in a folder on a pocket-size screen with pocket-sized sound. Arts & Leisure: The Cloud That Ate Your Music 2011-06-22T12:20:18Z
Alexei Ratmansky’s sparkling new production of “The Sleeping Beauty” has diminished it by proving how vividly a classical ballet can be reborn. Review: American Ballet Theater’s ‘Swan Lake’ Adds Drama to Romance 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z
It's fair to conclude that the cachet of 3D has significantly diminished for this kind of fare during the past two years. Looper's £2.4m opening fires some life into a feeble UK box office 2012-10-02T13:38:51Z
Biden’s comment the next morning immediately diminished that, as LSU was still celebrating and hadn’t even managed to get back to Baton Rouge, even if it wasn’t intentional. Analysis | Jill Biden’s gaffe about women’s basketball and its endless fallout 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z
The distance between the two has complicated but not diminished their deep connection. What’s on TV Monday: ‘My Brilliant Friend’ and ‘Cane River’ 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z
“And of course to ensure that your legitimate medical concerns are not dismissed or diminished.” CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour reveals ovarian cancer diagnosis 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z
Older women, she thinks, are more sensitive to being wedged into a dining room than their younger counterparts, due partly to diminished hearing. Perspective | The latest trend I loathe in restaurants: No space between tables 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z
But our emotional engagement is diminished when potentially dramatic events lead nowhere. A War Correspondent Comes Home, Bringing War With Her 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z
I am currently houndless, but my devotion to the diminutives has not diminished. Two great destinations, if you’re a dachshund 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z
Wearing a black leather jacket and skinny jeans, he looked the same, but the old swagger was diminished, replaced by a certain world-weary exasperation. Should Aziz Ansari and Louis C.K. Talk About Accusations Onstage? 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z
But right now it is clear to me that they are not diminished by Kate’s absence, unlike us – my husband and I – who are. ‘There will be an afterwards’: how a mother prepared her sons for her death 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z
Whatever power his comedy used to reveal is diminished by the fact that the charlatans no longer operate in secret. Sacha Baron Cohen reveals “Who Is America?” and the answer is terrifying 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z
But even if the intrinsic innocent charm was sometimes diminished, the joie de vivre and the participation of so many well-schooled children tipped things back in the right direction. The Cunning Little Vixen – review 2013-02-26T18:16:00Z
Rodgers, though physically diminished, was intellectually sharp and told the songwriters she liked what she heard. Get ready for another ‘Freaky Friday’ 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z
“The Between,” Due’s debut novel, was originally published in 1995, but it feels as relevant as anything written in 2021, a sad testament to the fact that white supremacy hasn’t diminished in the past decades. Read It and Scream 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z
“People are recognizing that this important biodiversity inside of us has been diminished and are seeking strategies to restore it for immune function, digestion, mental health and everything else,” he said. The Hippies Have Won (the Plate, at Least) 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z
Although the movie punches hard, its impact is diminished by an overly schematic screenplay and excess conceptual baggage. | 'Even the Rain': Discovering Columbus?s Exploitation 2011-02-17T22:31:19Z
In fact, the ability to cope and handle homeless life may be significantly diminished in children who have grown up in very sheltered, religious environments. The Forsaken: A Rising Number of Homeless Gay Teens Are Being Cast Out by Religious Families 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z
The only lapse in “The Great Believers” is the way Fiona’s search for her daughter, while compelling in and of itself, is somewhat diminished by the parallel story set several decades earlier. Surviving AIDS, but at What Cost? 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z
Everything and everyone is diminished through the eyes of this critic. Review: The Big Apple Circus Is Ripe for Another Bite 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z
Beyond losing ground in fine dining because of ethical implications, the production foie gras has also been diminished by the devastating bird flu throughout Europe. How a more ethical "faux" gras could change fine dining and vegan cuisine 2023-07-15T04:00:00Z
She made working women her primary cause, only to see Nordstrom drop her clothing brand after a boycott and diminished sales. Is Ivanka Trump building bridges — or walking a tightrope? 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z
In comparison to the Broadway version, when you watch the musical’s one truly anguishing moment — the final parting of Orpheus and Eurydice as fate swallows her up like quicksand — the effect feels diminished. Review | ‘Hadestown’ ushers Broadway back to the Kennedy Center in style 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z
My experience had been diminished by a glitch in the system, and someone should jump to it and remedy the problem. Perspective | Ai Weiwei succumbs to the tyranny of fun 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z
Consider “Avengers: Endgame,” when characters who were once diminished to dust in “Avengers: Infinity War,” snapped back into existence. ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Is in Theaters. Let’s Talk About It. 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z
As the market for port has diminished somewhat, Douro producers began turning to still wines, and have successfully raised their level of quality over the years. 20 Wines Under $20: Reds for Winter Moods and Foods 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z
Swift continues to be an anomaly in an era of diminished expectations and performance in retail music sales.  First week for Taylor Swift's '1989' album? 1.287 million in sales 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z
Arendt in effect theorized Eichmann out of existence by means of her own intellectual snobbery; she defined mental life and found that Eichmann didn’t meet her standards, and she thereby diminished his moral agency. Review: “Operation Finale” and the Popular Understanding of Adolf Eichmann 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z
Electronic dance music D.J.s have offered much better sound — they play recordings — but they tend to look wonky and diminished without club lighting and happy dancers to pump up their beat. Intimacy Is Overrated: Concerts in the Livestream Era 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z
Marvel merely needs to stay the course while continuing to build; Warner Bros. and DC Comics, meanwhile, are well aware that the dourness must be diminished. What We Learned From Superhero Movies in 2016 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z
The globalization of the food chain has resulted in increased complexity and diminished transparency and trust into how and where our foods are grown, harvested, processed and by whom. Fish, sausage, even honey: Food fraud is hidden in plain sight 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z
Curiously, the broadcasts haven't diminished audiences for regional tours or West End transfers. The surprise success of NT Live 2013-06-09T19:30:01Z
The festival lineup, even in greatly diminished form, was less a statement about the vitality of indie-rock culture on both sides of the border than a patchwork of who showed up. Roughing It and Rocking It at a Mexico Festival 2010-03-23T21:28:00Z
Tyson’s response sparked backlash as many social media users felt his comment diminished the tragedies of the two mass shootings. Neil deGrasse Tyson apologizes after dismissive reaction to mass shootings, earns more backlash 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z
But like Britain, CNN is a diminished empire that on special occasions still commands respect and attention. The TV Watch: A Sea of Network Giddiness on the Thames 2012-06-05T22:27:25Z
But, as the show’s cast has swelled, her significance has diminished. Orange Is the New Black: season three refresher course 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z
Ms. Foley wrote that lip service is given to the importance of great designers, when, in fact, serious focus on craft and artistry has diminished. On the Runway: Are You Mad, Too? 2011-01-14T19:02:39Z
He’s angry and proud, but also frequently insulted and diminished, with insanity suggested as part of his genetic makeup. Voices of political outsiders, from Booth to poetic radicals 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z
A fascinating deep-dive into how vast teams of talented people channel their knowledge of melody, diminished chords and syncopated snares into making truly terrible slush pop. The 50 best podcasts of 2018 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z
If, in the very process by which we invite people to share in our ancient liberties, we've lost that understanding, then we've truly diminished as a civilisation. My new British citizenship test: who is Cheggers, and why is he so funny? 2012-07-14T23:06:14Z
And taking on that additional overhead is bound to be challenging for institutions still building back from their diminished state during the pandemic. After a Covid Contraction, Museums Are Expanding Again 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z
Muslims, like every minority, appreciate the need for camouflage in the face of muted suspicion, even if that need has diminished somewhat in the years since 9/11 and 7/7. On the Muslim Question by Anne Norton – review 2013-05-10T11:00:03Z
With a diminished field of would-be blockbusters to choose from, “Soul” may sneak in and become the first animated film nominated for best picture since “Toy Story 3” in 2011. Yes, There Will Be an Oscar Season. But What Will It Look Like? 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z
And then there’s the diminished kid-free time for him and his wife. Summer means a parade of long, sunny days, and it’s actually the worst 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z
After four years of political turmoil and diminished American standing overseas, Ellen Adams joins a new presidential administration, headed by a former rival, as secretary of state. 20 New Works of Fiction to Read This Season 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z
In a century in which obsolescence has become habitual, Mr. Behrens’s hardy “temple of work,” built to serve a voracious, indulgent late Gilded Age, has never known a diminished appetite for electrical power. 2010-01-19T18:11:00Z
As the show developed, coiling itself around Streisand’s offbeat, aggressive, once-in-a-lifetime talent — not to mention her Brice-like nose, which shows up repeatedly in Bob Merrill’s lyrics — the odds of a truly successful successor diminished. Review: Broadway’s First ‘Funny Girl’ Revival Shows Why It Took So Long 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z
“We’re clearly looking at a baby sasquatch in this footage,” Mr. Fay announced earlier in the show, his credibility only slightly diminished by the fact that his nickname is Bobo. Television Review: ?Finding Bigfoot? on Animal Planet - Review 2011-12-30T23:58:08Z
So why are museums the outliers in an otherwise diminished national labor movement? U.S. Museums See Rise in Unions Even as Labor Movement Slumps 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z
Young black men in poor neighborhoods are outrageously impeded by diminished economic horizons, the unforgiving rules of the street, centuries of institutional racism. Review: Deep in a Homicide Unit, Details, but No Big Picture 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z
Then I promptly reread “The Perfect Nanny” to see if my opinion of that novel had diminished. Review | The publisher of ‘Adèle’ asked me to endorse the book. I could not. 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z
The surprise element may be diminished, but the effect never loses its disturbing power. Anthony Tommasini’s Interactive Quest for Surprises 2014-02-28T15:50:53Z
The purity of her sound may have diminished slightly, but at heart Ms. Callaway remains a true believer in happily ever after. Review: Ann Hampton Callaway Hits Redial in ‘On My Way to You’ 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z
The fall gala has now become a fashion event with ballets featuring prestigious new couture; as a rule, haute couture has spoiled, hindered or diminished rather than complemented choreography. Dance This Week: Balanchine Classics, Percussive Feet and Tango 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z
Even inside the new location, Cosby has taken a diminished role, relegated to a single framed photo, a face in the crowd on the restaurant’s timeline. Why Ben’s Chili Bowl hasn’t rushed to remove traces of Bill Cosby 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z
At that point, the chances of a full recovery diminished substantially. An epidemic of absence 2012-09-09T13:00:00Z
It seems safe to say that the love story would have grown over time and revision, and the Hollywood story would have been diminished. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Hollywood “Crack-Up” 2013-06-09T15:00:00Z
It started when her daughter was in her early teens, and it expanded gradually, as her duties as a single mother diminished. On the Cajun Coast, a Chef Grapples With Threats to a Seafood Tradition 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z
But without Verizon as a major carrier, Baliwala says important advertising revenue and the ability to reach a mainstream audience will be diminished. Verizon dropping Muslim lifestyles station 2012-02-27T17:35:09Z
That it was happening at Carnegie Hall made it an even bigger deal, but also, in a way, diminished it. Review: Renée Fleming, a Voice With Wardrobe Changes 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z
And yet, instead of using a moment of collapse as an opportunity to remake the world, we have just returned, stunned and diminished, to our former ways. The Leftovers: Tom Perrotta's Rapture 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z
The smell diminished, and I thought I wouldn’t have to call in a professional cleaner for the couch and rugs. His adoption secret 2012-07-03T00:00:00Z
Another thing I wonder about is whether the diminished primacy of the fall season is part of television becoming less standardized in general. ‘Fall TV’ Is Dead. But Buzz Will Always Be With Us. 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z
That’s because we assume that “getting older” inevitably means “getting old,” with all the increased frailty and diminished vitality we associate with advancing age. Looking Forward to Your 170th Birthday 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z
Foster’s team found that the participants who lived in denser or more developed neighborhoods reported a larger perceived risk of crime, but a diminished fear of it. Your move to the big city may be your last 2013-12-27T17:00:00Z
This is the latest in a string of closings as Broadway grapples with diminished tourism, fewer Manhattan office workers and an inflation-driven rise in production costs following the lengthy pandemic shutdown of theaters. ‘Beetlejuice’ to Close on Broadway 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z
It is a performance of such admirable conviction that this actress wills herself to be of diminished allure. Review | Fall for the ravishing music in ‘Passion,’ not the love triangle’s melodrama 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z
To my surprise, standing there surrounded by hundreds of strangers, a speck in a sea of people, I understood that we are not necessarily diminished by coming together. Steven Levenson: The First Time I Attended a Political Protest 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z
The best of those texts are magnified rather than diminished by being seen through more than one lens. In Hollywood, must ‘white’ always equal ‘universal’? 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z
Most “Paranormal” installments raise the technology bar a notch higher than their predecessor, often to diminished charm. Review: ‘Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension’: Goodbye to All That 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z
As I’m pondering this depressing truism, she adds, “Because girls aren’t allowed to confront big questions! Their experience is cordoned off and diminished. We see this over and over again.” Before I Fall: The Girl’s Guide to Saving the World 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z
At Washington and Lee University, Ali Greenberg, a student newspaper columnist, argued in May that women on campus diminished one another more than any man did. Motherlode: After Class, Skimpy Equality ? Motherlode 2011-08-26T21:03:49Z
But it was a hit of diminished expectations—they had pressed just a thousand copies. The Music Itself Is a Form of Protest 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z
For the record, I’d been scared to see it even once — scared the way you get when you cherish a work of art so fiercely that you don’t want to risk finding it diminished. A Season to Savor a Cherished Musical Again and Again (and Again) 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z
We usually like to talk about sci-fi books and traveling, but today I ask her if she’s ever felt diminished by men due to her complexion. Dark-skinned black girls don't get married 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z
That can lead to the diminished power over people’s lives within nation-states. Dystopian doom or global village? What the internet will look like in 2025 2014-03-12T17:00:00Z
In losing their mystery, they appear to become diminished. I visited the Uffizi gallery at 17, and was awestruck. Now it's exhibiting my art? 2010-12-19T00:07:08Z
But he said the power of photography had been diminished in recent years because of its ubiquity. Steve Schapiro, Photojournalist Who Bore Witness, Dies at 87 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z
True, the magic of hearing the likes of Welcome To The Jungle, It's So Easy and November Rain live cannot be diminished. Guns N' Roses fail to ignite Reading festival 2010 2010-08-28T15:09:00Z
In that compositional mode, a theme introduced by one voice is successively taken up by others, overlapping, often in augmented or diminished form. Review: When Real Life Adds an Unexpected Round to the Fugue 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z
The scale, the expansive environments, the exploratory freedom – none of this is diminished. Assassin's Creed III – review 2012-12-23T00:06:49Z
“It’s sort of a double diminished, not yet hip, but on the way to hip.” Toots Thielemans: A harmonica titan looks back on a stellar career 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z
The presence of strangers diminished their alarm and pain, though the shocks were the same strength. 10 reasons we love love 2014-03-15T22:00:00Z
“My social status has diminished because I know I’m not invited to the A parties anymore,” said Ms. Rossellini, 60. Supermodels as They Age Is Focus of Documentary 2012-07-25T20:13:12Z
But as the logistical difficulties became apparent — finding a site, arranging power, permits, bathrooms — interest diminished. On the Road With Ballet Theater. Who Needs Red Velvet Seats. 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z
The San Francisco audience was raucous in its enthusiasm, but I suspect the volume won’t be all that diminished when “Hamilton” eventually ventures deep into Red State territory. Even without Lin-Manuel, 'Hamilton' opens in San Francisco as vital as ever 2017-03-26T04:00:00Z
But as generation followed generation, opportunities diminished for direct interactions with the dancers of Mr. Sims’s vintage, all of whom are now dead. Tap Dance, and the Hard Work of Making It All Look Easy 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z
In his diminished state, he found his tastes beginning to change. Rediscovering Wine After Covid-19 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z
Not always a bad thing, but a good singing has diminished in popular music too.” ArtsBeat: Curtain Down, Heads Up: Where Are the Voices? 2011-04-18T12:00:41Z
For Jay-Z, it’s a calm acceptance of his diminished public stature. Hip-Hop Is Evolving. Just Ask Its Superstars. 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z
Everything about us worth celebrating — art, science, literature, curiosity, ingenuity, empathy, humility, compassion — would be diminished without them. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Is my 3-year-old going to be a weird kid? Am I already a weird mom? 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z
“My drunk time has diminished,” she said, smiling but with a hint of ruefulness. Music: Kesha Tilts Closer to a Rock Sound With ‘Warrior’ 2012-11-25T00:10:06Z
Hart, who wrote the script with Jordan Horowitz, sketches a world diminished by its altered climate with a shivery dramatic specificity. “Fast Color,” Reviewed: A Superhero Movie That Pays Close Attention to Ordinary Life 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z
It’s a diminished chord that Carrie wants to resolve — particularly because she harbors feelings for Hannah, who kisses her in the synagogue bathroom under the guise of practicing for a boy. ‘Tahara’ Review: Hierarchy at a Hebrew-School Funeral 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z
The economic malaise smothering the globe today, leaving a generation of young men gloomy over their diminished prospects, might seem a viable occasion for another bruising few rounds in the ring with Jimmy. Theater Review: ?Look Back in Anger,? Starring Matthew Rhys 2012-02-03T03:03:00Z
Nicole is simply the celebration of how Internet culture has diminished the useless practice of labeling women hollow dumb blondes, or that at least, now, labeled women have more forums in which to label themselves. Buxom and Doomed: The Odd Marriage of Opera and Anna Nicole 2013-09-27T14:09:14Z
The effect of the diminished ranks was on display at President Trump’s Monday night buffet of fast food served to the visiting national college football champion team, the Clemson Tigers. Melania Trump’s office cut in half and White House residence has skeleton crew during shutdown 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z
“In a world where privacy and security are more and more diminished, those few square feet and those few minutes alone are becoming more precious and more valued.” Girls, Insecure and Stranger Things: how bathrooms became TV’s safe space 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z
Negative feeling towards the new Ghostbusters film does not appear to have diminished since the release of the last trailer. New Ghostbusters trailer exhumes extra Slimer and Chris Hemsworth 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z
Teachers told the newspaper that the school initially had rigorous academic standards, and that the soaring grades were a response to parental pressure and diminished enrollment caused by the 2008-9 financial crisis. The Unseen Student Victims of the “Varsity Blues” College-Admissions Scandal 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z
But again, we never felt diminished by that because my parents were so empowering. Elaine Chao explains why she doesn’t see herself as a Washington insider 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z
His diminished psychological state is mirrored in the film’s whiplash-inducing cuts — from his feet to audiology textbooks to close-ups of slugs — that almost never stop. Five Horror Movies to Stream Now 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z
This die-off has created more communities than ever before with no daily newspaper — known as news deserts — and still more counties haunted by “ghost newspapers,” publications struggling to survive with diminished staff and readership. Robin Kemp lost her news job in Clayton County, Ga. — but she kept reporting the news. It paid off on election week. 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z
Jacobs laments, however, that the city has been diminished by a newspaper landscape in so much flux. In New Orleans, a journalistic experiment with unclear results 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z
It is a space of diminished influence and relevance, a haven for the dull and complacent. Critic’s Notebook: Foster the People and Young the Giant Have New Albums 2014-03-19T22:12:53Z
Throughout Jackson's confirmation hearings, members of the GOP attacked her judicial history and diminished her expertise in an attempt to prohibit her eventual nomination. “The View” calls Lindsey Graham and Ben Sasse's hypocritical stance against KBJ "pathetic" 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z
There were fine moments, like the subdued introduction to the first movement and the mysterious diminished arpeggio section of the second, but overall the playing was too loud and too harried in pacing. Touring Marlboro string quartet delights in first half of program 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z
Wilson faced the challenge by building on concrete rafts set atop the mud, and Sassoon founded the Aerocrete Company, which produced a lighter, “aerated” concrete that further diminished the load. The Man Who Changed the Face of Shanghai 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z
They will try to elect likely presidential candidate Mitt Romney, backed by a GOP House and Senate, and repeal the law, although their chances of repeal would seem to be diminished by the court’s endorsement. FDA approves diet pill 2012-06-27T17:50:00Z
Compared with their regular-size lives of compromised dreams and diminished expectations, downsizing promises luxury and abundance. Review: In ‘Downsizing,’ Matt Damon Sweats the Small Stuff 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z
For all the diminished buzz, the dinner is still sold out, Jeff Mason said. The rise and fall — or maybe rebirth? — of the White House correspondents’ dinner 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z
But as my ability to recall pointlessly obscure film, TV and music trivia increased, so my ability to talk to the opposite sex diminished until I wondered if I'd ever talk to a girl again. The awkward years 2011-08-12T22:01:37Z
I’d been entranced by the controversy surrounding the manuscript — its sudden appearance after the death of Lee’s sister, her trusted protector, and rush to publication with Lee in diminished health. Resisting the mystery of “Go Set a Watchman”: Why I’m not reading Harper Lee’s “new” novel 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z
“That is the area of law that is often referred to as diminished responsibility,” she said. Pistorius trial to resume after psychiatric tests 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z
Meanwhile, Labour went from running the country to a diminished and divided opposition party under its current left-wing leader, Jeremy Corbyn. The Return of Tony Blair 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z
The musicians say they rejected the company's offer, saying the financially diminished company doesn't guarantee work or pay. New York City Opera announces musician lockout 2012-01-08T19:32:09Z
And while the book never determines why we pay attention to the meltdowns and breakups of people we don’t know, it offers a compelling look at how numerous women have been diminished by derogatory portrayals. She’s a trainwreck: new book speculates about the human propensity for trash talk 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z
Mr. Prigent’s second career, in antiques, lasted for decades as his eyesight slowly diminished. Roger Prigent, Photographer Turned Antiques Dealer, Dies at 89 2012-12-17T03:34:26Z
Some might say that a diminished capacity to hear a large swath of the global population might have its advantages. I have a hard time hearing men talk — literally 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z
None of this has diminished ticket sales, which, at more than $1 million a week, remain higher than most on Broadway. A Broadway Superlative for All the Wrong Reasons 2011-03-13T23:28:26Z
They urged action to stop the country's intellectual heritage being diminished. Anne Fine scores a perfect pen in Follett's book 2010-06-22T16:12:00Z
Nor does the spirit of revolution seem in any way diminished, what with this year's resident composers. At the Lucerne Festival, even hip-hop skateboarders love Pierre Boulez 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z
As others have pointed out, the hothouse experimentalism that allowed talents to break free has somewhat diminished, and we have formulaic, rinse-and-repeat and rather juvenile material. Stephen Fry takes US sitcom role and shark-attack jokes bite the dust 2013-03-19T15:20:24Z
More telling for Strafford’s investigation is the way the Roman Catholic Church held enormous sway — politically and emotionally — over the country and its people, a sway that has only recently diminished. John Banville’s New Murder Mystery Starts Like a Game of Clue 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z
But with globalisation, the capacity of the states to respond to this pressure effectively diminished. From Marx to the Milibands 2011-01-16T00:04:08Z
International companies watch the Mercer study closely to help determine not just where to set up shop, but how much they should compensate relocating employees whose quality of life may be diminished by a move. World's 10 Best Places to Live 2010-05-26T04:01:00Z
My big fear was that I’d be diminished by a mastectomy, that I’d never again feel whole, or truly confident or comfortable with myself. ‘Cancer I could deal with. Losing my breast I could not’ 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z
The urgency of the plot and, indeed, the overarching issues at hand, are diminished. ‘Pills and Starships,’ by Lydia Millet
With the headliners diminished by half and Domingo manning the orchestra for the majority of the evening, the company’s young artists were given ample stage time, showcasing the program’s talented, diverse bench. With some big opera names behind it, Young Artist Program aims even higher 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z
Art critic Martin Gayford, whose portrait Freud painted, says the NPG show demonstrates that the artist's powers intensified rather than diminished with age. From Yoko Ono to Leonard Cohen ? the old masters finding new inspiration 2012-02-10T19:24:18Z
Without the salmon, the soil is diminished, and the trees are more susceptible to fires and invasive species. For His Next Act, Anthony Doerr Wrote a Book About Everything 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z
Most importantly, the conductor paid apt attention to the emotional complexity of the Second Symphony, a mature masterpiece too often diminished by blithe assertions of its allegedly “sunny” disposition. Thomas Dausgaard leads Seattle Symphony in a deeply satisfying Brahms program 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z
When the One True Superstar departs, everything else, instead of rising up and filling in the available space, seems diminished by comparison. A farewell to daytime's No. 1 2011-05-25T01:09:00Z
If the production as a whole made up for the diminished dramatics with ample attention to its intellectual grandeur — as it does in the trial scene — it might even have seemed bracingly modern. Review: In Shaw’s ‘Saint Joan,’ a Sane and Sensible Martyr 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z
But their physical impact is diminished by the repetitiveness of their forms. Blue McRight, 'Drink Me,' at Samuel Freeman 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z
Part of his reticence may be due to his memory, which has diminished over the years. After 100 years, giving thanks for a life where almost every day was turkey day 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z
Health insurance funds affiliated with both Equity and SAG-AFTRA are facing criticism after making insurance harder to obtain because of sharply diminished revenues. There’s Not Much Work for Actors. Now Their Unions Are Fighting. 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z
And although in old age we are familiar with diminished hearing and vision, let us use our deficits to pull closer to taste, touch and smell. Why Won’t Anyone Help Me in This Sex Shop? 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z
And just as paid newspapers haven't diminished the role of media in society or its reach, paid online sites aren't going to reduce our impact. Why Free is Very Expensive 2011-06-10T22:00:00Z
And yet, given that even a diminished Office gets better ratings than any comedy on NBC right now, a ninth season seems a foregone conclusion. Help Wanted: Now James Spader Leaving The Office 2012-02-28T14:39:12Z
And in the process, Catherine de' Medici is again diminished. Who was Catherine de’ Medici? "The Serpent Queen" gives us a clever, powerful and dangerous woman 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z
The next moment, though, the volume diminished, and the performers seemed to grow smaller and more vulnerable along with it. Review: Walking in Light on the High Line 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z
Dark skin still not only comes with the expectation of lower class but lessened beauty, not to mention uncleanliness, lesser intelligence and a diminished attractiveness. Dark-skinned black girls don't get married 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z
Its innate gravitas has not diminished its popular appeal. Cloud of knowing 2010-06-11T23:05:00Z
In many ways, that’s when the story of the Wu-Tang Clan ends as well — the group has released albums since then, but its centrality to the genre has vastly diminished. Review: A Wu-Tang Clan Documentary Captures the Group’s Wild Self-Invention 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z
But taken together, they reveal a full range of aesthetic and racial possibilities that exist for their African American characters once the white gaze is diminished or fully removed. What Three Broadway Shows Tell Us About Racial Progress 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z
Call it a Midwestern shrug of diminished expectations. Comedian John Mulaney is the throwback kid 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z
"Our research suggests that when anyone is humiliated, all of us are diminished in some way," she says. Nadine Dorries and the power of humiliation 2012-11-11T20:30:00Z
These not-quite-lost souls, the spiritual children of the “Star Wars” movies, look back to better times as they stumble into a cynical, tightfisted culture of diminished opportunities. Movie Review: ‘Safety Not Guaranteed,’ a Comedy With a Time Machine 2012-06-07T22:55:46Z
When he was hospitalized with Covid in October 2020, it was a rare instance in which Mr. Trump had no choice but to appear diminished in public. For Once, Donald Trump Did Not Enjoy the Show 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z
By 2011, when Mr. Cattelan opened his retrospective at the Guggenheim, he diminished all his previous works by suspending them from hooks in the center of the gallery, like laundry hung out to dry. A (Grudging) Defense of the $120,000 Banana 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z
The work is as figurative a piece as Leigh has made — as if reaching through the souvenir to engage the person whom it both depicted and diminished. Simone Leigh, in the World 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z
Her social ascension widens the physical and psychic gap from her traumatized childhood self, but that distance is too easily diminished. Women's paths diverge in Elena Ferrante's epic 'Those Who Leave' 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z
And though many are reopening, they are doing so at diminished capacity and with precautions in place because of state-mandated limitations and almost nonexistent tourism. Brooklyn Museum to Sell 12 Works as Pandemic Changes the Rules 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z
The police force, diminished by huge layoffs, seemed helpless to restore order. How Ronald Reagan Triumphed 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z
In the third-season première, which aired April 24th, Richard has been thinking of leaving his company rather than accepting a diminished role, but he agrees to visit Barker at his Mission-style mansion. HBO’s “Silicon Valley”: The Gayest Straight Show on TV 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z
However appealing, Mr. Reeves isn’t what you would call a live wire, even in his most invigorated action movies, and his mellow presence only helps keep the diminished energy at critically low levels. | 'Henry?s Crime': Man Needs Caffeine Jolt or Reversal of Fortune 2011-04-07T21:30:18Z
Trim and lithe, if oddly diminished by his James Brown hairpiece, he performs solos in a velvety voice interspersed with friendly chuckles, occasionally working in a frisky improv-style bit. 'Kiss Me, Kate' an ingenious adaptation at Pasadena Playhouse 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z
With family lines broken and ancestors diminished to figures on plantation ledgers and Christian names on bills of sale, Black people grieve for forebearers whose recorded lives lack both facts and emotional texture. Review | ‘The Prophets’ reimagines the lives of enslaved people with the epic love story of two men 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z
These days, the Legion of Honor has a money problem, perhaps a reflection of its diminished status in modern-day French society. | Much Ado About the Legion of Honor 2013-08-02T15:37:00Z
I felt him to be a coward, and he gradually diminished in my eyes. My father was always angry with me, but why was he furious when I got a job? 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z
After a backlash from fans and protest from his tight-knit family, Robertson was quickly reinstated and "Duck Dynasty" remains a hit -- albeit a diminished one. 'Duck Dynasty's' Phil Robertson on jihadists: 'Convert them or kill them' 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z
Additionally, Robertson points out that Manuel’s contributions—he was the writer or co-writer of several of the Band’s first songs—sharply diminished as his personal struggles mounted. Robbie Robertson Offers His Story of the Band 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z
As traditional careers in music have to some degree diminished, the more entrepreneurial activities have increased, and self-made chamber music festivals are a realistic outlet for young musicians. Chamber Music?s Busy Power Couple 2010-10-15T16:57:00Z
She also learns to accept the diminished horizon of her life. ‘Queen of the Bowery’ embraced roles of sinner and saint 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z
He says now he feels old, diminished, like “a tree that was full of leaves,” burdened with aches and pains, his body suddenly doing weird things. T Magazine: Rupert Everett Is So Not An American Movie Star 2013-05-10T13:00:54Z
So act she kept doing, with skill and delicacy and diminished visibility. 2010-01-24T20:25:00Z
This wine is 100 percent merlot, the most widely planted red grape in Bordeaux, but one that faces a diminished role as growers adapt to a warming climate by favoring later-ripening varieties. At $20, this aromatic Chilean red blend is actually a massive bargain 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z
It is sad to see such a strong figure so physically diminished. Perspective | Michael Nesmith invented country rock. Or maybe something even better. 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z
This is one reason Plato was so suspicious of them, that they became substitutes or crutches to a diminished faculty of recollection. A Microsoft billionaire gives the public a rare view of his art 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z
A diminished show next year may be an acceptable price for taming a rank part of the garden. Perspective | The winter garden is full of promise and productivity. Don’t let it go to waste. 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z
Like Walter before him, Jesse hatches from the cocoon of immorality slightly diminished, but with that invigorating feeling of control and self-determination. Breaking bald 2012-07-24T18:30:00Z
Unsparing as Hu’s anatomy of moral drift may be, there is something graceful in his sympathetic attention to lives defined almost entirely by disappointment and diminished hope. ‘An Elephant Sitting Still’ Review: Bleak, Graceful Realism 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z
This universally popular music is, if anything, diminished by the implied pigeon­holing. NSO and Eschenbach venture to Spain, taking the well-trod route 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z
But Presley’s rise, in particular, also heralded a change in musical tastes that diminished Ms. Starr’s mainstream appeal. Kay Starr, ferociously expressive singer who had pop hit with ‘Wheel of Fortune,’ dies at 94 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z
Though a definitive explanation for these giant hauls proves elusive, marine biologists point to likely causes: the diminished number of lobster predators and climate change, which has warmed the water. No Fins or Mask Needed: Four New Books Take Underwater Journeys 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z
Both the dying Hugo and the diminished Toby might benefit from this arrangement. Review | Fans of Tana French are in for a surprise with ‘The Witch Elm’ 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z
As for your question about diminished artistry, perhaps this is a time of dormancy for architectural embellishment of this sort, but that artistry just comes out in different ways. In Transit Blog: Ask a Railroad Station Expert 2011-12-28T15:43:27Z
These design features are symptomatic of other ways in which this ballet’s rich fabric of detail is diminished. Dance Review: David Hallberg at Bolshoi in ?Sleeping Beauty? - Review 2011-11-22T00:00:10Z
But as the activity diminished in one corner of the Internet, it seemed to be getting bigger and stronger in another, Pinterest. Anorexia’s scary online empire 2012-07-28T12:00:00Z
Remember to add it at the end of cooking; otherwise, its flavor will be diminished. Fresh tarragon and its 9 best uses 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z
But the theater’s modest scale certainly speaks to the diminished standing of the adult theater in contemporary society. The last (porn) picture shows: Once dotted with dozens of adults cinemas, L.A. now only has two 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z
Returning to find her role diminished, she quit two days before opening. Pamela Katz’s ‘The Partnership,’ on Weill and Brecht 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z
However, subsequent films have diminished in popularity with critics, especially after Wan and Whannell quit creative duties altogether for the fourth instalment. Original Saw film tipped for remake 2012-08-08T14:57:39Z
We’re meant to see that there’s an emotional and practical order to these events — Hannah’s diminished standing and waning self-confidence lead to new incidents of bullying or abandonment. Review: ‘13 Reasons Why’ She Killed Herself, Drawn Out on Netflix 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z
It’s “a triple whammy” for the airlines, with fewer bookings, more passengers using vouchers because of previously canceled travel plans, and lower yields due to the diminished demand, according to OAG. Flying for Thanksgiving? Don’t expect crowds — but do expect frustration, travel experts say 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z
It's just the nature of things, becoming less attractive, becoming less sexual, becoming diminished by the criteria of youth and beauty. Moby is happily boring now: "I look at the desperation that I had ... I don't glorify the past" 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z
Since the pandemic, the presence of artists from beyond Philadelphia appears to have diminished, but the festival still includes more than 180 theater, performance art, dance, circus and comedy shows. Making a Meal of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z
Ross MacGibbon’s direction was generally good, though the editing could be disorienting, especially when following a single figure on the move, and overly tight framing sometimes diminished the impact of the choreography. Dance Review: ‘Giselle’ Stars Natalia Osipova in a Cinema Broadcast 2014-01-29T21:28:25Z
Well it's diminished… I was a bit fed up with ITV when it happened but that was then. 'The arts cuts are madness' 2011-01-09T00:05:28Z
Iowa State's Pork Industry Center says that "Pork that is very pale in various studies results in diminished eating quality." Fake news and the “other white meat”: How pork became poultry, and why it matters 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z
Alan’s dreamlike story unfolds to become an emotionally stirring allegory about the frustrations of middle-class Americans coping with unemployment and diminished dreams in a newly globalized world. Michiko Kakutani’s 10 Favorite Books of 2012 2012-12-17T16:09:46Z
“I cherished a secret grudge against Auden,” Rich reflects in one essay, “not because he didn’t proclaim me a genius, but because he proclaimed so diminished a scope for poetry, including mine.” Two New Volumes by Adrienne Rich, Game-Changing Feminist, Poet and Essayist 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z
The scenario Card describes, in which an author's rights are diminished because he or she doesn't actively defend them, is associated more with trademark than with copyright. The Boy Who Lived Forever 2011-07-07T09:15:00Z
Whatever their strengths, the individual works are radically decontextualized and diminished in this arrangement. Art Review: Maurizio Cattelan at the Guggenheim - Review 2011-11-03T22:20:09Z
Truth be told, Clemons' role in the E Street Band diminished as the years went on. Clemons' death leaves void for Springsteen 2011-06-19T18:16:03Z
Those wineries owned by billionaires or big corporations have the resources to withstand diminished harvests, or even a year or two with no wine at all. Another Variable in the Winemaking Process: Climate Change 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z
For performing arts organizations, diminished attendance comes at a cost. Live Performance Is Back. But Audiences Have Been Slow to Return. 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z
And data show very clearly that if a young person graduates from college in a period in which there’s high unemployment, the income prospect for your entire life is going to be greatly diminished. Hip-Hop foodies 2012-06-27T13:46:00Z
Just as the younger woman is diminished, the older woman finds herself exaggerated, cast as the wicked queen, a plotter and a schemer, for whatever reasons can be procured or fabricated. Why does Judy Murray have to take these punches? 2013-07-13T23:06:05Z
“Years ago, things didn’t look so rosy,” said an older woman at the dais, her voice quavering as she described a period of diminished patronage. A Touch of Brooklyn in ... Ridgewood, Queens? 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z
Diana’s story, and the title’s metaphor, are real — by the mid-20th century, the Old South was greatly diminished. Review | Southern historical fiction gets the soap opera treatment in ‘The Dying of the Light’ 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z
That characteristic wasn’t diminished by the fact her albums may have had a small army of talented studio musicians building the music around her voice. Yes, Beyoncé is a “real artist”: Stop challenging the authenticity of her work 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z
So, after a few days in hospital, Carrie died, and her mother was diminished. Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds's deaths were tragic coincidence – but we're suckers for a story 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z
Rhys, wearing a shaggy beard and woolly hat, is an imposing figure – somewhat diminished by the 20ft-high filing cabinet next to him. Gruff Rhys: my musical take on the communist Forrest Gump 2013-05-01T18:30:02Z
It’s likely that a diminished US take, possibly swayed by tough reviews, will be what prevents Spectre from setting a new record. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 fails to satiate box-office bloodlust across the world 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z
He must have felt it somehow diminished the all-too-human spirit he was looking for in music. Bernstein's spirit brought back to the stage, from 'Fancy Free' to '1600 Pennsylvania Avenue' 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z
As those busy years progressed, my use of the drug steadily diminished. Acid redux: My long, strange, cancer-fighting trip back to tripping 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z
Sometimes we are enhanced by it, at others diminished. Reading is overrated 2011-02-17T15:48:22Z
That he had somehow diminished me as a man. Why I prayed for my testicles 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z
Given those diminished expectations, the film's not awful. Barney, The Tempest and Casino Jack: Warming Up for Oscar 2010-12-31T07:00:00Z
The heady sense of periphery becoming central, the close interplay between performers and spectators, the larger dramatic shape: These were all diminished. Pam Tanowitz Brings Her Steps to Lincoln Center Out of Doors 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z
"This means municipalities, even fiscally responsible municipalities, must pay more because of the diminished Illinois credit rating," Kirk's report said. Kirk report calls state's debt 'unsustainable' 2011-10-11T11:00:00Z
His reverence for the literary and spiritual traditions that the Brahmins embody is diminished by his growing awareness of the privileges they continue to wield, even in a modern democracy. “The Twice-Born,” A Searching Memoir About India’s Identity Crisis 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z
Stocks and pillories were common, but their use diminished after 1660 as society grew more secular. Killing fields 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z
But an anxiety, industry insiders say, is that other shows will limp along and then fold, contributing to an image of diminished strength. New York City can’t rebound without Broadway. And Broadway’s road back is uncertain. 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z
The fear diminished when she discovered how responsive people were when she mentioned the project. ‘Meet Me by the Fountain’ Takes a Tour of the Mall 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z
Some of those women flourished, but not a few seemed diminished by their role as helpmeet and handmaiden, and if they got divorced, they divorced the identity they’d helped build and maintain. Rebecca Solnit: if I were a man 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z
At the time, Dan Rather was still anchor of "The CBS Evening News" and Stewart took a few jabs at the diminished reputations of both anchors. Sad ironies when Brian Williams met Jon Stewart on 'The Daily Show' 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z
But it’s a cleverly wrought mystery that fits well on the small screen, helped by a strong cast and diminished expectations. The TV Watch: ?Scott Turow?s Innocent? on TNT 2011-11-28T18:47:35Z
The possibility of Atticus holding racist views hasn’t diminished Tyson’s appreciation for the character he is playing. Flawed Atticus should still be celebrated, 'Mockingbird' actor says 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z
Though this transferred power from the designers to the brand, and Calvin Klein remained a commercial force, its aesthetic identity and influence were greatly diminished. Calvin Klein Names Its First Chief Creative Officer 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z
Because of budget cutbacks that diminished the possibility of defining personalities through meticulous, frame-by-frame animation, “Alice in Wonderland” was one of the first Disney features to rely on recognizable celebrity voices to establish characters. DVDs: Visions From 1951, Noir and Psychedelic 2011-02-05T03:33:01Z
All his accomplishments in science are diminished now, overshadowed by his infinite fall from grace. Ben Carson’s infinite fall from grace 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z
Once Mosley’s Brownshirts come into power, the diminished, Jew-hating Wolf faces a Jew’s fate — and, ironically, perhaps an insight of what it means to be a Jew. ‘A Man Lies Dreaming’: Imagining Hitler as a low-rent private detective 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z
“The magnet for talent has been greatly diminished,” Mr. Gillinson said. Russia’s Storied Tchaikovsky Competition Is Diminished by War 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z
So in that sense, my involvement in the show has diminished over time, though, I’m still here whenever they want to talk to me, and I’m always glad to weigh in. George R. R. Martin on the One 'Game of Thrones' Change He 'Argued Against' 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z
For all the hints and parallels with Eden, Philip and Sue's journey from suburban complacence to slightly diminished suburban complacence doesn't really support the Miltonic frame of reference. The World Was All Before Them by Matthew Reynolds – review 2013-01-11T20:00:05Z
“Your vital energy is diminished. You’re more likely to be depressed.” Aging in place: Many of us feel way older than we did just weeks ago 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z
His fate at the company that he has served for so long has been determined: His epaulets have been ripped off, and he will return, diminished, to the base camp of MSNBC. Brian Williams, in Raw Form, Delivers an Apology on ‘Today’ 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z
Seeing Bob in the flesh diminished him, as it became increasingly difficult to see his extreme vision as absurd, rather than moronic. TV Review: The Joy of (Train) Sets 2013-01-23T22:30:03Z
There’s a specific, well-defined middle-class swath that most benefit from LTCi, and that’s further diminished by the fact that it’s not inexpensive coverage. Orszag: Another Mandate May Be Necessary to Save Obamacare's Long-Term Care Entitlement 2011-08-08T19:05:57Z
But the director argued that Paquin’s character — whose wordless rejection of the aging Frank devastates him — was in no way diminished by her silence. Martin Scorsese Is Letting Go 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z
There, he appears diminished, an old man on his first subway ride, just after his first airplane flight, stuck at a turnstile, trying to work the electronic fare card. In ‘Our Terrible Country,’ Mohammad Ali Atassi Explores the Syrian Revolt 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z
Branding experts suggest that while consumer awareness of the Jacobs label remains high, its prestige has diminished. The Survivor 2011-06-01T20:37:21Z
Hip replacement surgery has left him diminished physically. ‘America’s oldest ski shop’ is a New Hampshire landmark 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z
“It’s something where I was just diminished, and it wasn’t even conscious on their part,” she said. Rita Moreno: Pathbreaker, Activist and ‘A Kick in the Pants’ 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z
In the aftermath of 9/11, and certainly in the first 3 1/2 years of the Trump administration, those core values are diminished or attacked, even. ‘We the people’ means all of us, ACLU director says 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z
But the need for reassurance diminished as air travel became more commonplace. Flight attendants’ roles have changed, but the stereotypes have not 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z
Let’s not go there, you and I. Unless I’m mistaken, “Prufrock” is a statement of the very ennui — the perception of a diminished world unable to satisfy a hungering sensibility — that afflicts Gil. | 'Midnight in Paris': Kicking the Old Ennui With the Lost Generation 2011-05-19T14:22:17Z
In a world where X Factor contestants are no longer guaranteed Christmas No 1s, the power of TV as a mass medium is diminished. ‘I don’t know if I’ll ever get over it’: how it feels to make a TV flop 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z
What about the ways in which it has diminished the excitement of serendipity, the way that it has made the personal experience of a chance encounter with knowledge so much rarer? Google and the future of search: Amit Singhal and the Knowledge Graph 2013-01-19T21:59:00Z
Among other things, this will result in damaged infrastructure and diminished food supplies.  Real-life hunger games 2012-08-07T20:03:00Z
Though much diminished today, the place survives, a monument to its founders’ courage. A Shipwreck Leads to a Reckoning 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z
It held its ground as the genre diminished in popularity and the majority of soaps vanished. 'Young and Restless' star Jeanne Cooper dies at 84 2013-05-08T18:46:08Z
Kelly opposed the hiring of Shine and has seen his role continue to be diminished, sources said, sometimes in humiliating ways. “That’s a bad lie!”: Sarah Sanders called out for blaming Kelly’s grimace on lack of a ho... 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z
That, combined with a fragmented public health system severely strained by funding cutbacks, corruption and a trend toward decentralization has diminished the capacity for STI treatment and prevention, according to Corrêa. Brazil should address Zika virus like an STD outbreak, researchers say 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z
With a vast cable universe and infinite opportunities online, the power of such gatekeepers has diminished, as artists can now reach audiences more directly than ever. How ‘Horace and Pete’ Made the Network Suits Look Good 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z
This crisp and enlightening exhibition, slimmed but not diminished from its initial outing at Paris’s Centre Pompidou, restages the instruction, debates and utopian dreaming at the most progressive art school in revolutionary Russia. 22 Art Exhibitions to View in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z
“We reject that choice. We perform for ballet and opera, and we don’t want to be diminished. This is a conflict that will likely arise again.” Kennedy Center stagehands authorize strike, putting ‘Hadestown’ and other scheduled shows in jeopardy 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z
Warhol’s cultural prominence has hardly diminished in the decades since his death, in 1987. Warhol-mania: Why the Famed Pop Artist Is Everywhere Again 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z
The simple power of Brown’s “Accumulation,” a gorgeous work in which dancers execute gestural movement on their backs and eventually rotate 360 degrees, is diminished by the overhead shot. Review: A Choreographer Looks Back on His Pandemic Year 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z
Phantosmia is but one type of smell and taste disorder, the most common of which are hyposmia, which is diminished ability to smell, and anosmia, which is the inability to detect smells. Can you pass this smell test? 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z
Depressive graduate students, loaded with debt and fretful about diminished job prospects, fasten on to the futility running through the plays. A triumphant ‘Endgame’ for Beckett veteran Alan Mandell 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z
We had great chemistry and I loved sex in my younger years, but while he never lost his enthusiasm, mine had diminished. My life in sex: ‘At 70, I don’t think I’ve ever experienced such intense orgasms’ 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z
Only when Ms. Houston’s success leaves Mr. Brown feeling diminished does he falter, but at the end, he’s a sober hero, and Ms. Houston is in free fall. Whitney Houston’s Story in a Lifetime Film 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z
Making predictions, in addition to being foolish, is an expression of passivity, an acceptance of our diminished role as consumers of culture. How Much Do You Really Miss Going to the Movies? 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z
If they seem less wonderful now, it isn’t because of slackened effort or diminished charm on the part of the actresses who play them. | 'Sex and the City 2': Sarah Jessica Parker, Flying Down to Abu Dhabi 2010-05-26T20:10:00Z
What she’s looking for is affirmation, of the person she once was, before the sheer effort of living ground her down and diminished feelings between you. My partner of 30 years wants to leave. How can I get her to stay? 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z
Like an otter, but warm, she latched onto the shadowy tip and I watched, diminished by those amazing gulps.  Rita Dove's collected poems should put her back in the center of the American conversation 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z
Once my creativity was restored, my interest in wall hangings diminished, I expected my nightly panic attacks to return. My Klonopin fog 2012-07-28T22:00:00Z
“If these gentry progressives are waiting for urban schools to reform without competition from charters or vouchers they are consigning generations of children to diminished lives.” NAACP calls for moratorium of charter schools until they stop acting like private schools 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z
The gaudy shock value might be somewhat diminished but its impact remains equally devastating. The 50 best films of 2015 in the US – No 6: The Look of Silence 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z
She is an emotional trapeze artist at the mercy of her own unbounded emotions, triggered helplessly by any perception of being diminished or deserted. Delving deep for Norma's voice on 'Bates Motel' 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z
Certainly in hindsight these stunts reveal a degree of parody and performance that are much less funny in light of his diminished integrity. Jon Stewart’s Brian Williams dilemma: How will “Daily Show” handle a friend becoming a punchline? 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z
Reduced to a laptop screen — “a recording is always a diminished experience,” the show’s director, Alexander Devriendt, says as the video begins — the show’s exploration of banality often becomes merely banal. Direct from Edinburgh: Theaters Are Closed, but a ‘Zoo’ Is Open 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z
The abusive guy stayed, on probation, with a diminished role and the director was admonished for neglecting the situation. Shut up, old abusive drunk! 2012-07-04T00:00:00Z
For a theatrical sector still battered by the pandemic and diminished by the rise of streaming, this potent double win would normally presage popped corks all over Hollywood. ‘Barbenheimer’ Is a Huge Hollywood Moment and Maybe the Last for a While 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z
The whir of helicopters diminished as some air tours were suspended. For Planet Earth, No Tourism Is a Curse and a Blessing 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z
It is to the great credit of the creators here that we do not feel those original voices have been lost — or diminished or overblown — in translation. ArtsBeat: Nothing Rings True Like Authenticity 2011-07-26T18:21:23Z
Although record retailers have long been music's spiritual home, the change further confirms stores' diminished influence. When will new music be released? These days, it's anyone's guess 2015-04-25T04:00:00Z
Part of the magic of the modern record business is that the worth of the album has been diminished. Review: Nicki Minaj’s ‘The Pinkprint’ 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z
For most of the 20th century, it was a sleepy place, its vineyards diminished. Priorat Reds Raise the Question: Style or Identity? 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z
The song's beauty is not diminished by the entertainment industry's co-opting of Cohen's work. How Pop Culture Wore Out Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’ 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z
It is a devastating story about a black girl who is destroyed by the low self-esteem imposed on her by a society in which her type and color are diminished as ugly and unworthy. ‘How We Weep for Our Beloved’: Writers and Thinkers Remember Toni Morrison 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z
Moore said that during their marriage Adams diminished her talents as a singer and she accused him of controlling behavior. Singer Ryan Adams calls accusations in New York Times 'inaccurate' 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z
Beyond a general feeling of Batman fatigue, some readers say that proliferating versions of the character have diminished what was special about the first “Dark Knight.” ‘Dark Knight III: The Master Race’ Comic Book Prompts Reflection and a Look Ahead 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z
And men feel their manhood diminished by a lack of prospects and cold, hard cash. Review: 'The Full Monty' at Village Theatre turns hard times into fun 2010-09-23T20:35:00Z
Braxton said in a recent "20/20" interview that doctors told her the Lupus diagnosis meant her performing career would likely be diminished and the disease helped push her into a recent bankruptcy. Lupus forces singer Toni Braxton into LA hospital 2012-12-08T04:21:08Z
In those hours as his father is slipping away, diminished physically and mentally, nearing the end, Rodrigo sorts through emotions that can be hard to reconcile. Review | Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s son recalls the death of a literary giant 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z
What was it like to be diminished in that way? “He’s a pretty scary dude”: “House of Cards'” Michael Kelly on another season as political fixer Doug Stamper — and why he’s supporting Hillary 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z
Several music writers in attendance commented on the rarity of such tony events in the era of diminished expectations. Annie Lennox previews 'Nostalgia' standards album in Hollywood 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z
In a digital world, argues the show's description, "the written word, far from being diminished, finds a renewed importance." Moment of Friday: Hans Ulrich Obrist talks Instagram and poetry 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z
This is Robinson’s 55th year as a Girl Scout leader, and she still projects a vitality and sense of leadership that is not diminished by her use of a walker or wheelchair. Mass. woman relishes scout leadership for 55 years 2014-05-25T04:00:00Z
Wood could have used a bar of Masonite and glue to compensate for the imbalances, but that would have diminished the accuracy of the maquette. The Secret Stunt Doubles of the Art World 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z
In “The Secret History of Vladimir Nabokov,” Andrea Pitzer suggests that such pronouncements were merely part of Nabokov’s public façade — “the genteel, charming cosmopolitan, incapable of being dented or diminished by history.” Vladimir Nabokov, “Houdini of history”? 2013-03-17T19:00:00Z
Rationally, I knew that the library was not significantly diminished by the loss of a book I would never need to consult again, but I also felt that I no longer even had a library. Lost and Found: A Missing Camus Biography and a Christmas Miracle 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z
Such feelings of unity and hope were quickly diminished once the winners for each category were announced. Louis C.K. and Kanye West’s Grammy wins once again show that "cancel culture" is not real 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z
But that “Sopranos” episode nonetheless expressed a widespread cultural attitude that has diminished tremendously in the last 15 years — and how! But also, seriously, how? There’s a new macho sex boast 2013-06-05T00:00:00Z
But in our aged of diminished expectations, I fear this kind of past is exactly that – passed. Luchino Visconti's The Leopard cost a fortune and it was worth every penny 2010-08-20T23:06:00Z
The authors contend that the Warren Burger-led Supreme Court dramatically diminished the scope and impact of the Earl Warren court’s precedents. Notable nonfiction books in 2016 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z
One of the problems, he argues, has been the diminished power of Equity, the actors' union. Ian McKellen warns theatre is at risk from fall in acting standards 2010-09-25T23:07:00Z
Perry’s conversations with both Camilla and Lydell leave the strong impression that Brooks was responsible for the woman’s diminished state of cognition. ‘Perry Mason’ Season 2, Episode 3 Recap: ‘King Kong’ Ding-Dong 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z
Moreover, the networks between medical patients, growers and processors have diminished. How legal cannabis actually made things worse for sick people in Oregon 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z
Siegel’s lawyers were blunt in describing why their client was not responsible for the diminished assets. As a Film Revives Elvis’s Legacy, the Presleys Fight Over His Estate 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z
If the diminished "Downton Abbey" returns over the rejuvenated "Good Wife," "Masters of Sex" or "The Americans," we're going to show Lady Mary what moping is all about. Emmys 2014: 'Breaking Bad' for the win again? Well .... 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z
Over the years, I don’t think the nervousness of watching the results diminished. Why Are We Still Obsessed With Princess Diana’s Style? 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z
"The Party's Over," meanwhile, is disorienting, as Banks' vocals are diminished in the mix, and overshadowed by Fogarino's drumming and snarling guitars. The secret to Interpol’s ongoing success 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z
Such techniques could be even more in need for Gove's diminished BSF replacement, the Priority Schools Building Programme, under which fewer than half the schools which applied for building improvement funds received anything. Constructive criticism: the week in architecture 2012-06-01T16:08:11Z
But if you look at it on a macro, music culture is so diminished. Billy Corgan on Smashing Pumpkins: 'We're in a vacuum' 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z
But his work schedule has gradually diminished, and next year, he said, he was booked to direct "only three operas". Rub shoulders with famous ghosts at Zeffirelli's villa ? only ?5,000 a night 2010-07-27T20:11:00Z
The commercial classical recording industry, as it was configured in its late-20th-century heyday, is vastly diminished, and there is little money to be made in the business. Digital and Direct Sales Now Bring Orchestras to Fans 2010-04-02T20:56:00Z
His imposing physique and brawny sound -- derived from the King Curtis and Junior Walker school of bruising, blues-based soul -- made him a fixture at concerts, even as his role on Springsteen albums diminished. Clarence Clemons dies at 69 2011-06-19T02:20:00Z
Will he be somehow diminished, a shell of himself? ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 6, Episode 2: A Red Rebound 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z
Lee’s indelible image was crafted as a rejection of those diminished roles. How Bruce Lee Exploded a Stereotype With a One-Inch Punch 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z
Among them: diminished use of the senses, attention difficulties and higher rates of physical and emotional illness, he writes. Preschool Without Walls 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z
A courtroom thriller of frayed familial relations and diminished responsibility, this marks the first attempt at drama by David Dobkin, best known for larky farces like Shanghai Knights, The Wedding Crashers and The Change-Up. The films to watch in autumn 2014: from Gone Girl to Mr Turner 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z
But then the evening lengthened, and the band played on, the steaks were served with another round of red, and gradually the awkwardness diminished. An Entrance to High Society Courtesy of a Doppelgänger 2014-02-14T20:38:53Z
When large and complicated humans do walk into view, they seem diminished in her hands. Books of The Times: ‘The New Mind of the South,’ by Tracy Thompson 2013-04-23T17:04:03Z
Her poetic output, though greatly diminished toward the end of her life, never ceases, and its offerings include some of her richest meditations on mortality, suffering and redemption. Emily Dickinson is the unlikely hero of our time 2020-12-26T05:00:00Z
One reason given for diminished interest, particularly by Republicans, was disgust about athletes making political statements, said Patrick Murray, director of Monmouth’s polling institute. NBC perseveres after rough start in transitional Olympics 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z
It was as though the orchestra pit had suddenly expanded to include the whole of the audience, however diminished. Perspective | I miss live performances, but what I really miss is applause 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z
Post-inauguration, we may witness Trump appearing on Fox with diminished frequency, but Fox's ability to incite its audience's wrath against the left is eternal. What's next for Fox News without its "golden goose" 2020-11-14T05:00:00Z
Nevertheless, beat reporters attribute the departments’ diminished interactions with the news media to the White House, which they say prefers to control the message. It’s not just the White House: At Pentagon and State Dept., the press is out in the cold, too 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z
But the reality wasn’t so clear cut, as the orchestra faced the challenge of trying to live up to its own past glory, in a somewhat diminished present. ‘There’s still high culture in America’: Why the National Symphony Orchestra went to Moscow 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z
Examined, the Virtual Life Is Worth Living The habit of insisting that the virtual life is somehow not part of real life has diminished with time. Critic’s Notebook: Madden NFL 25 Portrays ‘Real’ Football 2013-08-26T22:05:55Z
The end result: “Britain was diminished” and “British power was in decline.” Britain at the Turn of the 20th Century Was Dealing With a Lot, Badly 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z
Leuchter said summer mood dips could have complex triggers beyond daylight hours, from the sweltering weather to a “diminished structure” in one’s life. Summer means a parade of long, sunny days, and it’s actually the worst 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z
Even in its most diminished or reductive form, this queenly twofer has inspired plays, operas and dance dramas, and especially movies and television shows. A Bloody Rivalry for the Throne, This Time With Margot Robbie 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z
To have gravitas means to inhabit your history, and not to be diminished by your losses. Non-stop action: why Hollywood’s ageing heroes won’t give up 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z
The power and impact of medical organizations is further diminished because their priority—supporting their constituents—is often at odds with the needs of the public. Why Doctors Should Organize 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z
But hip-hop isn’t the oligarchy it once was, New York isn’t the hub it once was, and Hot 97 isn’t the only game in this diminished town. Critic’s Notebook: A Summer Jam, Proudly Local Yet Less Sure of Its Place 2013-06-03T16:20:54Z
Cuts have diminished council planning departments to the point that, sometimes, only controversial or fiercely contended applications are truly scrutinised. The death and life of the great British pub | Tom Lamont 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z
“This historic season of ‘The Bachelor’ should not be marred or overshadowed by my mistakes or diminished by my actions,” he added. ‘The Bachelor’ host Chris Harrison stepping aside after ‘uninformed’ interview 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z
However, the matter of diversity in criticism is compounded by the fact that opportunities for all critics have been diminished. Art Critics: Next Endangered Species? 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z
Grooming is part of beauty culture, and despite feminism’s strides, the importance of beauty has not materially diminished in women’s lives. Always Well Groomed 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z
It should be needless to say, but probably isn’t, that a seismic love and respect animate Amis’s portrait of the diminished Bellow. In Fiction, Martin Amis Summons His Literary Friends and Role Models 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z
In spite of the legacy of block printing in India, demand diminished in the early 20th century with the advent of cheaper, machine-made fabrics and chemical dyes instead of vegetables dyes. Special Report: Asian Art: Indian Print Artisans at Work 2011-05-26T18:00:08Z
Still speaking with difficulty, he continued taking part in his New Year's shows, though in a diminished role. 'American Bandstand' host Dick Clark has died 2012-04-18T20:02:17Z
The life expectancy for a man from the East End of London was 26 years old, kept low by the diminished life expectancy of casual laborers, who took on unsecure and often deadly work. Why Jack the Ripper and other serial killer narratives endure 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z
The risk in any updated production is that characters can appear too ordinary and diminished, a particular problem in dealing with the volatile gods and complex mortals of the “Ring.” Music Review: A ?Ring? Made of California Gold 2011-06-16T22:15:29Z
Unlike theater, ballet and live music, cinema isn’t fatally diminished when it migrates to smaller exhibition platforms. Perspective | Movies used to be an escape. Now they’re a risk-reward calculation. 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z
And Sam’s inexplicably generous view of me never diminished. My Friend Has Cancer 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z
A ’64 was not quite right, but a ’62 was deep and exotic, full of spice and fruit flavor and the ’59, the first wine with notably diminished bubbles, evoked tobacco, earth and anise. Tasting Dom Pérignon From Various Decades 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z
The score may be diminished by an orchestra downsized to just a few instruments, but the production makes up in playfulness what it lacks in cascading sound. Stripped-down staging brings clever moments in this long, long journey 'Into the Woods' 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z
The proliferation of DVDs and online video sites like Hulu and YouTube have enabled people to watch old TV clips whenever they pleased and diminished the uniqueness of the center's vast archives. Paley Center looking to reinvent itself for digital age 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z
"But that likely will continue to fall in light of the aftershocks of the recession and the declining golf ratings, which are partly attributable to Tiger's diminished play." Tiger Woods' TV allure: the "train wreck" factor 2010-08-11T11:44:00Z
Holmes bolted from Cruise after five years of marriage that resulted in one child and two diminished careers. Hollywood spent 2012 proving the Mayans right 2012-12-20T20:01:07Z
This diminished view of politics is the most potent part of her legacy. Margaret Thatcher never liked her country 2013-04-14T07:00:00Z
Crime — the discussion of it, the execution of it, and the attempted solving of it — makes for great television, so where’s the incentive for it to be diminished? Critic?s Notebook: Squad Cars, Sirens and Gangs, and the Cameras That Love Them 2011-01-16T22:21:09Z
As evidence for its diminished status, he quotes celebrations of nonsense by the Talking Heads and Zorba the Greek. In ‘Rationality,’ Steven Pinker Sticks Up (Again) for Reason’s Role in Human Progress 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z
Just before Wilde’s own courtroom drama, his wittiest play, “The Importance of Being Earnest,” had opened — during a February snowstorm — to an acclaim that has never diminished. Review | How Oscar Wilde evolved from poet and playwright to symbol of martyrdom and individualism 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z
Scratch the surface of almost any regional newspaper these days, and you’re likely to find low morale, diminished staffs and anxiety about the future. Perspective | Pittsburgh’s storied newspaper has become a chaotic circus — or worse 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z
It diminished the emotional tenor of the piece, which was also a bit lost in the space. | Damn White 2011-01-07T21:00:41Z
In many ways, Lipa, 26, is a pop superstar for diminished times. Dua Lipa Brings Her Lockdown Anthems to the Arena 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z
As Nielsen became more self-aware in future ZAZ productions and other spoofs, the effect was diminished. Airplane! at 40: the best spoof comedy ever made? 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z
But there are complexities inherent to the subject that should not be diminished, such as those discovered by Bill Maher when he used a racial slur in a recent broadcast. An assassination 2,061 years in the making: Trump, 'Julius Caesar' and the politics of theater 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z
As time passed, however, she said the lines became more efficient and the wait time to enter Poland diminished, Skuibida said. Chicago mom flies to help Ukrainians at Polish border: 'I could not stay at home' 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z
And the separation of those things into categories has diminished our capacity to present to the American people the kind of holistic vision of change that I believe is necessary. I Quit the Presidential Campaign 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z
After a year of diminished returns and evaporating audiences, and a dread that things were bound to get even worse, the box office numbers made it seem like the good old times. The Devil Made Them Do It: No-Budget Horror Film Tops a Big Weekend 2012-01-08T21:13:19Z
“You have to listen for diminished sounds, or absent sounds. It’s hard.” This Artist Got His Start as an I.C.U. Nurse 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z
In Mantel's new novel, in stores Tuesday and the sequel to "Wolf Hall," death has diminished Cromwell. 'Bring Up the Bodies' a wonderful, terrible sequel to 'Wolf Hall' 2012-05-04T03:31:52Z
To compensate for the diminished flavor, the staff uses a heavy hand with spices and aromatic herbs. Steaks on a plane: Following your United Airlines meal from the kitchen to the clouds 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z
There's room for a diminished version of me. Maggie Smith on her memoir's unanswerable questions and feeling ambivalent about "Good Bones" 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z
The plaintiffs are seeking restitution for the diminished resale value of their Grand Cherokees stemming from the “raft of negative publicity” surrounding the recent disclosure of the rollaway problem. Fiat Chrysler accused of hiding Jeep defect linked to Star Trek actor's death 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z
He left his foot where it was and began making loud noises that further diminished my enjoyment of the game. How Do You Handle Dining With Big-Spender Pals? 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z
Wholly marginalized in that story line, he argues, are the Palestinians, their own competing narrative diminished to the point of erasure. Is There Any Way to End the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict? 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z
If that remains the case, social activism in men's soccer will continue to be diminished. World Cup 2022: Men’s soccer must stop silencing activism and allyship 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z
Family guests at the table changed and eventually diminished until on some holidays it was Mom and I staring at each other across a table piled high with our annual feast. ‘I Became a Thanksgiving Orphan’ 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z
It seemed to happen so quickly: All it took was a cross-country move to make me feel like a different person, one who was greatly diminished from the self that had existed only months before. What it's like to live in Kentucky and sell your debut novel to Hollywood 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z
So, in an effort to be less sensitive and maximize our potential, have we also unwittingly diminished our connection to our senses? I have a hard time hearing men talk — literally 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z
In addition to diminished voting rights and persistent police brutality, he cites the resurgence of armed vigilantism as an eruption of some very old forces “that refuse to die.” When Jim Crow Violence Came to a Small New York Village 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z
With no garden, I felt small, diminished, vacuuming up the dust made by my own decay rather than watching things grow and bloom. I was happy living alone in my studio flat. But the long, dark solitude of lockdown changed everything 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z
Today, this diminished holiday custom is carried on with nuts from Asia and Europe, which are bigger but less sweet. Perspective | Blight wiped out the American chestnut. Parallel efforts are close to bringing it back. 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z
I’d expected a rattled and diminished man, but Simon was the same dapper, witty Englishman. Will Sheff: The First Time an Adult Took Me Seriously 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z
This applies not only to the characters, but to England itself, which is portrayed over and over as a drab and diminished place. Kate Atkinson’s ‘A God in Ruins’ 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z
Characters have been diminished and plot lines condensed from the more-than-500-page novel, but the bones of Mr. King’s story remain. Television Review: ?Stephen King?s Bag of Bones,? on A&E - Review 2011-12-10T00:29:04Z
To be an agent, you've got to be a person who loves people and is willing to let other people shine, without you feeling diminished. Top 10 tips for being a literary agent 2014-05-10T00:21:16Z
I felt diminished in a way I can’t even begin to address in this question. ‘The Comedy Womb' is creating a healthy environment for laughs 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z
What remains is often a diminished combination of elections and a narrow, market-based version of freedom. On the barricades 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z
Estheticians are reporting a vastly diminished number of extreme hair-removal requests. | Dior’s $20 Million Contract, Transgender and 62-Year-Old Models and the Next Dame of the British Empire 2014-01-31T20:38:06Z
“In those 50 years his passion hasn’t diminished,” says Schaeffer, who directed an original musical, “The Witches of Eastwick,” for Mackintosh in London. The showman must go on: Cameron Mackintosh reflects on his storied career 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z
The concept is used to emphasize the diminished prospects of a record industry decimated by illegal downloading. 'Fortune's Fool': How illegal downloading decimated the music industry 2010-08-04T23:06:00Z
“When Steven Tyler wrote his memoir, he completely diminished me by saying, ‘Well, everything was already written’ and I just added a few words,’” Child, 69, said of Aerosmith’s 1987 hit. Egos! Drama! Desmond Child, a Pop Hitmaker, Is Telling His Story. 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z
It is not as if the number of movies featuring troubled guys wearing costumes and fighting evil has diminished since then. Movie Review: Robert Downey Jr. in ?The Avengers,? Directed by Joss Whedon 2012-05-04T13:44:22Z
Bergman is aware that actors rarely have job security, including in the daytime serial realm where the number of shows has been diminished by changed viewing habits. ‘Young and the Restless’ marks Peter Bergman’s milestone 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z
Gradually the working-class character of the far East Side diminished, and in 1961 East Side House moved to the Bronx. Streetscapes: East Side House Settlements: A Sight to See When Traffic Stalls 2012-11-11T05:27:15Z
Yet there are still too many times — despite City Ballet’s overall improvement in recent years — when its Balanchine repertory is diminished by the company’s artistic management. A Lesson for New York City Ballet: The Past Is Always Present 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z
The actress Blair Brown likened her to Prospera at the end of Mann’s gender-switched production of “The Tempest” — not diminished but powerful and heading into a new world of possibilities. A Thousand Goodbyes for McCarter Theater’s Emily Mann 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z
Fluctuating core tempos in the “Symphonic Dances” diminished both their structural cohesion and innate Russian character. Review | Elegant program of Russian and French music by piano duo 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z
On the rock scene, Mercury Lounge and Bowery Ballroom will not open until social distancing requirements are eliminated or significantly diminished, said Michael Swier, owner of the venues. Live Performing Arts Are Returning to N.Y.C., but Not All at Once 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z
Her power and quiet authority diminished some of the solo’s sentimental anguish. The Brilliance and the Blahs of City Ballet. (And Then There’s Solange.) 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z
They face greater scrutiny from potential donors and diminished interest from corporations. How Do You Raise $3.47 Billion? Ask These Guys. 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z
Some of the earliest of those compositions — like “Give,” an ethereal ballad built around intervallic thirds, and “Hidden Solitude,” inspired by Olivier Messiaen’s diminished scale — found their way onto this album. Albums From Jesse Stacken and Norberto Lobo 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z
While Time magazine has diminished in influence, its annual exercise to rank the world’s “100 most influential people” still manages to draw a crowd. Taylor Swift, Nancy Pelosi and Jared Kushner at the Time 100 Gala 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z
The film’s power to horrify has been diminished not by time, but by the recognizability of its cast, not one of whom was a professional actor in 1995. ‘Kids,’ Then and Now 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z
Her life was diminished by the same patriarchal structures that damaged the lives of so many women in her era, and far beyond. In Jane Austen, fairy tales meet biting feminist critiques 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z
He cited the number of Italian restaurants in the neighborhood as a possible reason for diminished business, and plans to replace it in early August with this project. Belly, a Korean Take on Pork, Opens in Williamsburg, Brooklyn 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z
As opportunity diminished in feature films, Mr. Spikes noted, black actors and filmmakers — like more than a few white counterparts — have turned increasingly to television. Building an Alliance to Aid Films by Blacks 2011-01-07T23:54:35Z
Though the momentum has picked up — it took only three years for her excellent most recent disc, “Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone” — what has not diminished is that she is worth the wait. Pop, Rock & Cabaret Listings for Nov. 14-20 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z
Still, even intermittent trolling hasn’t diminished her pleasure in roles that let her crack open the nice lady exterior and show the violence underneath it. The Examined Life of Melanie Lynskey 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z
But his meticulous, indignant dramas of hard times and diminished hopes add up to an epic of working-class life through decades of disappointment and defeat. At the New York Film Festival, a Defense of Human Dignity 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z
Our intrepid heroine has stopped smoking and yo-yo dieting; from time to time, she SoulCycles, and is happy with her diminished weight. Bridget Jones Abandons Irony 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z
But in contrast to most others, July 4th creates serious trouble for Broadway, and consistently brings in diminished grosses across the board. Broadway Box Office 6/29: Grosses Up, 'The Audience' Breaks Record in Final Week 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z
But… wages for college-educated workers outside of the inflated finance industry have stagnated or diminished. Memorial Day’s lessons in amnesia 2012-05-24T15:04:00Z
Another impressive outing from a sprightly writer who shows no sign of diminished output. Stockton International Riverside Festival, Liolà, King Lear: what to see at the theatre this week 2013-07-27T05:00:00Z
But even the films we have often live on in diminished states. Film Riches, Cleaned Up for Posterity 2010-10-14T22:49:00Z
"The value of art is diminished by being monetarised," he said on Wednesday night. Henry Moore sculpture decision raises fears for public art 2012-11-07T20:16:35Z
But he was also acutely aware of Britain’s diminished political and economic position, and therefore of the impossibility of independently sustaining that role. Britain and the U.S.: A Forced and Unequal Marriage 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z
Transmogrified and longer, “Show Me” is also expressively diminished; I scarcely recognize a moment. BalletX Flaunts Its Seriously Absurd Style 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z
Wistrich’s new arguments for the defence of diminished responsibility were dismissed because “the applicant did not raise the relevant factual matters before or at the time of the trial”. ‘Intimate terrorism’: how an abusive relationship led a young woman to kill her partner 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z
But even if she wasn’t at full strength onstage, asking the crowd for their vocal help and ceding a chorus or two, a diminished Noname can still out-rap most rappers. Review | At the 9:30 Club, Noname proved she can out-rap most rappers — even when she’s sick 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z
But Berman is building a hero: her story doesn't need a strong woman, let alone a status for her protagonist that is diminished, bordering on irrelevancy. A Hugh Hefner Documentary: Airbrushed 2010-07-31T06:45:00Z
Boy band albums are like Russian nesting dolls, each one a smaller, more diminished but otherwise identical version of the one before. One Direction made it to ‘Four,’ which is more of a feat than ‘Four’ itself
By reducing noise, Dolby diminished the listening experience. In defense of noise: Damon Krukowski’s 'The New Analog: Listening and Reconnecting in a Digital World' 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z
“It is the realization that some lives are so extraordinary and touch so many people that their story must be told to generations to come so those values aren’t diminished or lost altogether.” Kareem Abdul-Jabbar memorializes the great John Wooden in 'Coach Wooden and Me' 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z
As a consequence, the partial defences of diminished responsibility and loss of control could now be deployed. ‘Intimate terrorism’: how an abusive relationship led a young woman to kill her partner 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z
The war could only be won by destroying the “insane love of power” everywhere — in the home, where women are diminished, and in politics, where brutes triumphed. The Power Women of Mecklenburgh Square 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z
You pulled your play “Paradise Blue” from the Geffen Playhouse, saying that Black women who worked on the show had been “verbally abused and diminished.” Dominique Morisseau Asks: ‘What Does Freedom Look Like Now?’ 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z
But now there’s a ghost Quinn, one severely diminished – one with distorted vision, slurred speech, mashed memory and klutzy motor skills. Homeland recap: season six, episode one – Fair Game 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z
If there's no monarchy in England, a massive piece of English appeal, if you like, has been further diminished, certainly for the overseas, a sense that the country shrunk again without it. "Never offer the Queen an ultimatum": Why it's good to be Queen, but no one else in the royal family 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z
If they were grappling with diminished influence it rarely showed or shaped their public narrative. Hip-Hop Is Evolving. Just Ask Its Superstars. 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z
In many ways opioid addiction is a function of social disorganization — joblessness, lack of access to proper health care, crime, broken families, and diminished upward mobility and overall life chances — in many American communities. The reality of life in a "Dopesick" country: "It is just a state of misery" 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z
Her voice, if diminished in the middle register, retains its gleaming strength at the top. Il turco in Italia; Felicity Lott, London Conchord Ensemble 2010-04-10T23:07:00Z
And without her, the fashion industry — and the broader creative community — is diminished. Isabel Toledo’s inauguration wardrobe for Michelle Obama exuded the optimism of a historic moment 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z
What’s strange about this defiantly positive take on divorce is that the taint of a broken marriage hasn’t diminished in real life, at least not as much as we might assume. Riff: The Divorce Delusion 2011-07-08T04:00:45Z
The festival’s glory days, when the legendary likes of Arturo Toscanini held court, were diminished during the Nazi era. Why do music festivals matter? For an answer, America, look to Salzburg 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z
His time was marked by a diminished budget and staff but also by resourceful management. Robert Townsend, head of Northwest Folklife, resigns 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z
I suddenly felt diminished, like a balsamic reduction. Cultural Studies: Food Is the Latest Arena for Macho Contests 2012-09-15T00:37:02Z
The accompanying instrumentation is not incidental, exactly, but its role is often diminished. The Power of the Isolated Vocal Track 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z
The haunting powers of the bar graph at Marconi have diminished. Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Shark? 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z
The convivial chaos of some of the old pub theaters has diminished in recent years, with the tidying up of the bars into cafes or gastropubs. What Goes Best With Drama: Red, White or a Pint? 2011-07-19T22:40:19Z
Where Stainer opts to add a diminished chord to “Glory,” Willcocks instead chooses the more symbolically rich “Word.” ‘Everyone Wants to Hear’ This One Chord in a Christmas Carol 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z
In these three works, the message and medium are out of alignment, and the expressive power of dance is diminished, neglected. Review: A Los Angeles Troupe in Search of Choreographic Vision 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z
The broadcast networks continued to have a diminished presence at the Emmys. Emmy Awards 2016: Emmys Welcome Surprises Along With the Favorites 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z
Complex life may well be the wonder of the universe, and if it is, its status is not diminished by the fact that we can indeed bisect it, that we kill it routinely. Marilynne Robinson: Can science solve life's mysteries? 2010-06-04T23:06:00Z
And as a result, the impact — the grandeur, the art — of “Wuthering Heights” is diminished. Movie Review: ‘Wuthering Heights,’ by Andrea Arnold, With Kaya Scodelario 2012-10-05T00:03:37Z
For some, that faith hasn’t diminished now that the investigation is over. Mueller’s report is done. Is there still a point in having a prayer candle with his image on it? 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z
Beginning in the 1990s, a decade that saw the deaths of Blakey, Davis and Carter, jazz’s apprenticeship system has routinely been described as woefully diminished. Pop: Jazz and Its Changing Apprenticeship Systems 2012-07-20T17:21:28Z
When they are present, their ethnicity is questioned or diminished, as with Andromeda in Greek mythology. How Three Artists Are Exploring Mythology and Race 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z
The show’s entertainment is diminished, however, because the exhibits are mostly static. Art Review: Tom Sachs, ‘Space Program: Mars,’ at Park Avenue Armory 2012-05-24T22:30:07Z
Our relationship with both trees and sources of water have sadly diminished over the centuries. Ash dieback reaches Cumbria - a county where the tree plays a special part in history and folklore 2012-11-13T10:34:18Z
If a segment of the population—whether an entire state or an ethnic community—is undercounted, its resources are diminished accordingly. How the Census Changed America 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z
None of the charisma and charm that made him a star have diminished. ‘Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie’ Review: Hiding in Plain Sight 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z
“We are disappointed that this seminal work is going to be so radically altered that it will have diminished integrity.” Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden Redesign Is Approved 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z
Moments that profoundly affect women’s lives, diminished and whitewashed. It's not groping or fondling – it is sexual assault 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z
It’s smaller and shorter, yes, but certainly not diminished. Spare Times for Children for Dec. 12-18 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z
Ms. LaFreniere is a tall, imposing dancer of terrific rhythmic power; although her performance at this matinee was diminished by a couple of small slips, hers is a real talent. Dance Review: School of American Ballet Workshop Performances 2013-06-03T21:09:56Z
That’s all the truer now with movies, because the role of the studios and of wide releases has diminished. Why Movies Still Matter 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z
His name is Victor Ohanion, and any resemblance to Mr. Pelecanos’s own work on “The Wire” is diminished by the fact that the fictitious show, “Tanner’s Team,” sounds awful. George Pelecanos Explores New Terrain in ‘The Martini Shot’ 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z
The quantity of time I spent with Bridget increased but the quality dramatically diminished. Lockdown has been a bumpy ride towards rediscovering the joy of our marriage 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z
Even in this broken and diminished world, Adams is saying, it is possible — no, it is imperative — to exult and sing. Sunlit Apocalypse: The Imperiled World of Robert Adams 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z
His work, often dissonant, made abundant use of the musical interval known as the diminished fifth, or tritone. Peter Maxwell Davies, Contrarian British Composer, Dies at 81 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z
Not so long ago Manhattan’s annual spring Asia Week was feeling diminished. Art Review: Big Continent, Much to See 2011-03-17T22:21:07Z
Their number diminished sharply after Villaraigosa announced last week that he wanted protesters to vacate the grounds by Monday or be forcibly removed. Police dismantle Occupy camp in Los Angeles 2011-11-30T13:00:14Z
Over the next three years, I built my collection at an accelerating pace, getting no closer to the swimming pool, but consuming each with the increased need and diminished satisfaction of the true addict. I was a screenwriting guru groupie 2012-11-24T15:00:00Z
They also said that his crimes had not resulted in any monetary gain for Bernardini nor in any diminished value for the authors whose work he took. Why Would Someone Steal Unpublished Manuscripts? 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z
Today, the synagogue is rarely used by the diminished congregation and is separate from the museum that operates the space. New York City Museums Teach the History of Immigration 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z
For sure, my social status has diminished because, for sure, I'm not invited to the A parties any more. Supermodels put on a brave face as they grow older with style 2012-07-28T10:06:48Z
In recent years Mr. Evans, off drugs but diminished by a series of strokes, became a Gatsbyesque hero to young writers, directors and actors feeling constricted by the heavily corporatized studio business. Robert Evans, a Maverick Producer of Hollywood Classics, Dies at 89 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z
But the family said the focus on youth had diminished Eisenhower’s other accomplishments. ArtsBeat: Eisenhower Family Welcomes Some Proposed Memorial Changes, Rejects Others 2012-05-30T19:46:30Z
He added that Kardashian donning the dress was damaging its preservation and overall, diminished its historical significance. Bob Mackie slams Kim Kardashian for wearing Marilyn Monroe's 1962 gown, says it "was a big mistake" 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z
Giving the Crowd What It May Not Crave A LATTER-DAY Mark Twain may eventually coin the perfect name for the current era of failing institutions and diminished expectations. The Comic Louis C. K. Has a New Show on FX 2010-06-18T16:28:00Z
Mostly, though, her body – strolling around stage – didn’t seem to reflect any sense of urgency, which diminished the performance’s energy. 'The Voice' recap: The Top 10 raise the bar 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z
Now, with an actual child on her way, I wondered again about telling her stories of a world diminished. Where Are All the Wild Things, Daddy? 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z
Living in Europe, he said, has diminished his voice as a human rights advocate in China. Ai Weiwei and Warhol, Together Again 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z
Then Don would have never been hired and who knows how the world of advertising would have been diminished circa 1965? 'Mad Men' Watch: Lost Weekend 2010-08-30T15:25:00Z
So public trust in our system, in our ability or our willingness to do something about this problem, has been completely diminished. Anita Hill: ‘I think our journey, as a country, as a society, really tracks my own journey’ 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z
Even on a record where the presence of his usual consigliere Noah “40” Shebib is diminished, each arrangement employs the same palette and achieves a startling thematic consistency. Review: Drake's 'If You're Reading This It's Too Late' Marks a Transitional Moment 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z
If that diminished the idea of Travolta being there to be honored for his work promoting Brooklyn, it didn’t seem to bother the crowd. John Travolta keeps Brooklyn stayin' alive at event honoring actor 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z
Many gatherings will be diminished as people, protecting their loved ones and themselves, decide not to travel or entertain. Good Wines Won’t Fix Thanksgiving, but They Couldn’t Hurt 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z
The White House’s planned cuts will hamstring the monitoring and investigation of complaints such as Goodwin’s, as the capacity to coordinate across incidents “will be greatly diminished”, according to budget documents for fiscal year 2018. How will survivors of campus sexual assault fare under Trump's new order? 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z
It was hard watching this inquisitive woman with a bright spirit and mind be continuously diminished and attacked by Malcolm. "Flowers in the Attic: The Origin" part 1 ending explained: Olivia’s plan 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z
As such, abusive work environments have been simultaneously glamorized and diminished over the course of many generations. "Still taboo": Eating disorders are a silent epidemic in professional kitchens 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z
Manning also said: "I also recall that in early 2009, Barack Obama stated that he would close Guantánamo, and that the facility compromised our standing over all, and diminished our moral authority." Bradley Manning trial to be recreated in comic-book form 2013-06-11T12:05:00Z
Will the hordes still flock to the Yoshino blossoms or will a diminished crowd find elbow room? Spring is here. Mother Nature doesn’t care about a pandemic. 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z
These rough gear shifts diminished the music’s cohesion and forward momentum. Trio shows Schubert’s challenges 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z
In a statement, the National District Attorneys Association offered blistering criticism of Foxx’s office, suggesting the “public’s confidence in the criminal justice system” had been “diminished” by its handling of the Smollett charges. The Jussie Smollett saga: a look into Chicago's broken criminal justice system 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z
Although once upon a time the United States coastline was thick with wild shrimp in many parts of the country, including California, Maine, Oregon and Washington, environmental factors and overfishing have left fisheries extremely diminished. What Are We Supposed to Think About Shrimp? 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z
Even as his clout diminished and his worries grew over the regime’s coercive actions, Lansdale extolled Diem’s achievements and urged continued American support. The War That Never Goes Away 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z
And yet, under “the dreck and distractions of overloaded tourism and coarsened spectacle,” Mr. Hughes says, “the glories of the remoter past remain, somewhat diminished but obstinately indelible” — remnants of Rome’s splendiferous earlier lives. Books of The Times: ?Rome,? a Personal History by Robert Hughes - Review 2011-11-21T23:26:49Z
To use O’Keefe as an example, any time a report characterizes him as a prankster, the merriment of true pranking is that much more diminished. The big Sacha Baron Cohen question: Can a harmless prankster become a weaponized troll? 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z
Ms. Germain, the housekeeper and local union representative, said when she started working at the resort in the 1980s, staffers had a sense of pride but that diminished under new management. Caneel Bay: Why a Caribbean Paradise Remains in Ruins 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z
But weakening empire, worldwide political alienation, diminished standards of living and growing inequality – these things that characterize the political landscape in 2012 have understandably provoked feelings of fear. Zombie state 2012-06-08T14:45:00Z
A fount of austere self-righteousness and a terror to his family, he becomes diminished by the monomaniacal pursuit of justice. The Winslow Boy – review 2013-05-08T17:07:43Z
Even as he grappled with back pain and diminished energy in recent years, he pushed forward with a busy schedule of conducting and performing. Daniel Barenboim, a Towering Maestro Held Back by Illness 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z
She will become a warrior known as “the Lion,” a legendary figure among the diminished world of the living. Review | George Romero’s posthumous epic, ‘The Living Dead,’ reads like a definitive account of the zombie apocalypse 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z
The Henry who steps back on to Irish soil at the start of The Dead Republic is a sadly diminished figure, missing a leg and convinced that his wife and children are dead. The Dead Republic by Roddy Doyle 2010-04-02T23:07:00Z
The trail diminished into a rough two-track before turning uphill and developing into a true trail, overgrown in spots. Touring Maine’s Newest — and Largest — Parcel of Federal Land 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z
York, no less than Thursday and Collinwood, is a man who finds himself living in a diminished present, unable to escape the shadow of a heroic past. DVD: John Ford?s ?Fort Apache? on Blu-ray From Warner Home Video 2012-03-25T01:23:02Z
Contemporary American cartoonists tend often to operate in a twilight zone of ironically diminished expectations — Ben Katchor’s Lower East Side automats, Daniel Clowes’s hospital examining room. Review: ‘Persepolis,’ by Marjane Satrapi 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z
Many other Americans, while not as deranged and demented as those who saw in Obama a monstrous force of evil and subversion, diminished Obama as person, dispossessed him as president, and deracinated him into symbol. Barack Obama, invisible president: To truly see him requires white Americans to see themselves 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z
At any rate, even that appears to be amply diminished. "After Neverland," R. Kelly's CBS meltdown, and the insidious patterns we refuse to see 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z
But in these spaces, the idea of “interacting” with the world is made so slickly transactional that our role is hugely diminished. The Existential Void of the Pop-Up ‘Experience’ 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z
He feels like a symbol of unresolved issues for the writer, or of diminished power for us. ‘The Festival of Insignificance,’ by Milan Kundera 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z
Eventually, a conventional fermentation is completed, but the process generally yields a wine that is light, fresh and fruity, with diminished tannins. You Can Teach an Old-Vine Grape New Tricks 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z
She asked for something, he ignored it; she said she was upset, he diminished it. Carolyn Hax: Fiance’s family oversteps boundaries in worst way 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z
Donations to the Kirov from the church diminished and the academy relied more and more on tuition fees to support what is now a nearly $4 million operating budget. A Ballet School Rehired an Embezzler. Then $1.5 Million Vanished. 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z
NBC’s unlikely rise to the top of the heap is great, but the way it got there proves just how wildly diminished is the heap. How NBC got back to number one 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z
Sunday's premiere of CBS' "Big Brother" and the second week of ABC's "Rising Star" both delivered diminished ratings, according to early numbers from Nielsen. TV ratings: 'Big Brother,' 'Rising Star' down; 'Reckless' opens low 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z
“It would be a tragedy for that message to be even slightly diminished by partisan politics.” Holocaust Museum Faces Criticism After Pulling Syria Study 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z
“Contrary to the cultural scripts that say women are old and useless and in the way — diminished versions of their former selves — in reality older women are the happiest demographic in the country,” Pipher says. 70 and Female Is the New Cool 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z
And I just feel like the validity of what I have to say has not in any way been diminished by the fact that I’m a couple decades older. Natalie Merchant sees right through the sexist music industry: “The patriarchy wants to dispose of women at a certain age” 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z
However, despite much less successful films from the late 1960s onward, Mr. Lewis’s status was never diminished in France, where his best films are regularly shown in Paris’s art house cinemas alongside other world classics. Why France Understood Jerry Lewis as America Never Did 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z
When Knight was sentenced in 1997 to nine years in prison for violating the terms of his probation from an assault case, his control of the label diminished. Chris Brown party shooting: Another chapter in the life of Suge Knight 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z
She said the award was “diminished by distribution ... through commercial efforts rather than in recognition of creative effort”. US Academy retains right to buy Oscar statuettes for $10 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z
“But perhaps our story was too emotional for these already difficult times. Perhaps the poorly reviewed film of the same name diminished our audience. Perhaps it was just our time.” Waving Goodbye to ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z
But inevitably the orchestra, especially Mr. Gilbert, came across as artistically diminished. Critic?s Notebook: Andrea Bocelli, Philharmonic and Friends in Central Park 2011-09-16T17:41:13Z
Now, her balance and strength and speed are diminished, but she tells me that if trails give her problems, she runs in the street. She made a career out of studying the brain. Then hers veered off course. 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z
Subtract any one part, and the meal is diminished. A Meal (and History) in a Box at Taiwan Bear House 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z
I also wish that his role of Jamie was not continually diminished in importance by the writers and executive producers. ‘Outlander’ Season 2, Episode 2: The Wounds We Carry 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z
Still, this has not diminished the exhibitions’ popularity: “Punk” brought 442,350 visitors to the Met, while “Hippie Chic” has drawn more than 20,000 in its first two weeks in Boston. ‘Hippie Chic’ Shows at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 2013-08-22T22:01:34Z
Comedy’s popularity in playback and streaming video may have diminished its value. CBS?s ?How I Met Your Mother,? Late-Blooming Hit 2012-04-08T19:08:15Z
The electrified Dubai audience on Thursday signaled the passing decades have in no way diminished her popularity. Iranian pop star Googoosh wows Dubai despite Tehran’s outcry 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z
Instead of embracing ambient’s potential — its capacity to soften barriers and loosen ideas of sound, politics, temporality and space — the music has become instrumentalized, diminished into sound-as-backdrop. Ambient Music Isn’t a Backdrop. It’s an Invitation to Suspend Time. 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z
The redistribution of the three lead roles of “Rubies” among eight dancers predictably diminished the ballet’s cumulative impact. Dance Review: New York City Ballet’s Gala, With Costumes by Valentino 2012-09-22T00:16:05Z
But some critics say the garden was allowed to languish, and its diminished condition used to justify an overhaul. At the Hirshhorn, a Battle Over Plans for Its Sculpture Garden 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z
He sympathised with the original legal team who had not sought medical evidence because “nothing was said by the applicant which suggested that the partial defence of diminished responsibility might be available”. ‘Intimate terrorism’: how an abusive relationship led a young woman to kill her partner 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z
Critics had complained that in recent years judges had preferred little-known authors, which diminished the award’s stature. National Book Awards Dinner Reinvents Itself 2012-11-11T22:41:12Z
In the aftermath of 9/11, some movie critics, this one included, wondered whether the American appetite for epic disaster movies might be diminished. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World: Love in the Ruins 2012-06-21T10:45:56Z
As a result, she is seen as possessing “aberrant cortical activity” and is put through a harsh hospital treatment until her sense of words is diminished to mean only what they mean. In a New Collection, Deborah Eisenberg Returns to Say the Unsaid 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z
The most famous balcony scene in all of drama is here played out more or less at stage level; if a visual emblem of the diminished reach of this production was needed, there it is. Review: ‘The Threepenny Opera,’ ‘Romeo and Juliet’ and ‘Human Animals.’ 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z
Time, however, has in no way diminished his insane capacity for new projects. Peter Ackroyd: 'I just want to tell a story' 2011-08-25T13:51:05Z
In the game that these guys have taken up, it’s either capture new territory and win new victories or be diminished by not battling. ‘Billions’: Brian Koppelman and David Levien on Money, Power and American Gods 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z
City Opera said last week that it planned to leave the theater, where it pays roughly $4.5 million a year in costs; slash its already diminished budget; and trim its 48-member staff. City Opera Departure Brings Questions 2011-05-23T22:17:06Z
I envy Fiona’s contagious enthusiasm for the world, and love that her deft skill in appraising people and situations hasn’t diminished her compassionate heart. An aunt hits the road with her niece and nephew 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z
But in a vastly diminished market of sales for CDs and downloads, Swift was still able to move a remarkable number of albums. Taylor Swift’s ‘Lover’ Is No. 1, but Falls Short of a Million Sales 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z
Particularly when our own epoch seems so uncertain and diminished, it’s all the more gratifying to look back at a more navigable time. | Television: ?Pan Am,? ?Playboy Club? and ?Whitney? New on TV 2011-09-16T15:26:17Z
The fuzzy images greatly diminished at 48 frames and virtually vanished at 60 frames. Cameron aims for speed to enrich 'Avatar 2' images 2011-03-31T19:46:05Z
The novel’s pockets of sentimentality are offset by streaks of viciousness, accurately reflecting how we tend to remember our pasts: happy times bathed in a distorting glow, miserable times diminished and disowned. In This Novel of Female Friendship, Birds of a Feather Drift Apart 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z
Greed may not always be the motive; Avramoglu's shop belongs to a local Catholic church whose congregation is much diminished and in need of money. Gentrification tears at Istanbul's historically diverse fabric 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z
But black viewers have gone missing when the core African-American presence was diminished, as it is this year. For Oscars Telecast, Few Black Nominees Mean Fewer Black Viewers 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z
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