The national designation, by contrast, is purely honorific and doesn't trigger any diminution of property rights.
There is no end in sight to its recession, or diminution of its devastatingly high unemployment.
Even if all goes well, though, a diminution of the outs' political sway seems likely.
But a diminution of the role of nuclear energy will be a real loss to the world.
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And they noted that one effect has been the gradual diminution of their number with each passing year.
Ms Smith said that the committee shared concerns over the "diminution of present services" for inspecting care providers.
Any diminution in the services provided by the agencies would pose the greatest threat of all to investors.
Mr. YAROSLAVSKY: Because what I see as a diminution of my value you may see as a societal benefit.
Some scientists also see a tipping-point another feared term in the climatology lexicon in the accelerating diminution of the sea ice.
So far as racial discrimination is concerned, a two-to-one majority expects a diminution.
Determining the pre-casualty FMV to the property, and its subsequent diminution is the most difficult aspect of claiming the loss.
Yemen claims to have rehabilitated hundreds of former radicals, and points to the diminution of terrorist attacks as one result.
And if it doesn't it is not clever - it is defeatist, and will inevitably lead to a diminution of power.
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In sum, Iran, Russia and Venezuela are all likely to be left short of cash and facing a diminution in their international clout.
This literal diminution of his stature can reduce his metaphorical stature, too.
The paper concluded that advanced economies with debt in excess of 90% of their Gross Domestic Product suffer a diminution of economic growth.
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On the other hand, imposing rules that are so tough that the industry shrinks may lead to another diminution of Britain's global heft.
If that backlash results in more regulation of financial institutions and diminution of the influence of power and money in Washington, that would be great.
History teaches us with unfailing and brutal regularity that to rely solely upon the continued benevolence of our rulers leads inexorably to the diminution of our civil rights.
There are a series of variations, and in the last one Beethoven takes the theme from a quarter note pulsation through every diminution until it becomes mere vibration.
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Sure, being cool is nice, but the obsession with hipness often means missing a bigger story: the gradual diminution of the urban core as engines for job creation.
Mr Griffiths agreed it was vital in this period of change that there was no diminution in the services or the progress of the Environment Strategy Action Plan.
In other words, the diminution of memory in the poorer members of their study was entirely explained by stress, rather than by any more general aspect of poverty.
Now with the banks crippled with loan losses and severe diminution of asset values, they are in no position to lend, or lend at rates that many could afford.
Despite their defensive efforts at self-congratulatory 'spin-control, ' this episode is but the latest example of the diminution of U.S. power and influence in foreign affairs during the Bush Administration's tenure.
The big dollars in the 300 cases consolidated in federal court in San Diego will involve something entirely different, however: The diminution in value caused by all the uproar over sudden acceleration.
French voters on the far right were also troubled by Turkey, but all French "no" voters were concerned about the diminution of France's role as the center of balance of the E.
The Gaza crisis also triggered a round of name-calling within the world of British Islam that has laid bare a rapid diminution of the middle ground on which emollient types hope to stand.
Cabot Lodge specifically objected to the diminution of US national sovereignty inherent in the notion of transferring the power to commit US forces to war from the US Congress to an international body.
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