Sentences with word «lessening»

The catalyst for me was a combination of things: I was exhausted from all the work it took to live a lie; I sensed that my ability to stay in control of my secret was lessening and I was getting sloppy; my life had become unmanageable.

For our purposes, the medical and psychiatric therapies may be divided into three categories according to their purpose: (1) those therapies that aid in the physical rehabilitation of the person suffering from the effects of an acute binge and / or prolonged excessive drinking over many years; (2) those that help to keep the addictive cycle broken and thus maintain sobriety for sufficient time to allow other therapies to take effect; (3) those that aim at lessening the alcoholic's personality problems — both those that contributed to the causation of his addiction and those resulting from the interpersonal chaos of progressive alcoholism.

After about four months of therapy, Mrs. S. had achieved a dramatic lessening of her depression, self - rejection, and anxiety.

No doubt there is some justification for their belief that the lessening of knowledge and conviction about these doctrines has left a void that leads to lack of evangelical fervor in the church as a whole.

The encyclical warned of four resulting trends: a general lowering of moral standards throughout society; a rise in infidelity; a lessening of respect for women by men; and the coercive use of reproductive technologies by governments.

An ETF that spreads its assets among shorter - and longer - dated futures contracts will roll less of its portfolio each month, therefore lessening the impact of contango.

NEW YORK, NY, October 9, 2017 — Despite widespread criticism regarding the heightened regulatory environment that has pervaded since the introduction of the Dodd - Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, as well as the Trump administration's promises to scale back regulations, the alternative investment industry doesn't foresee any lessening of current regulations or regulators»...

Lessening of wages growth would, on the other hand, enable faster growth without risk of acceleration in inflation.

This was only about half the size of issues in the previous quarter, reflecting a considerable lessening of demand for Australian dollar paper by the Japanese retail market.

Slowly but surely Albertans are being forced to deal with two difficult and inter-related issues — the need to restructure the way we pay for public services and the need to get serious about lessening our province's carbon footprint.

But Beach is expected to be more comfortable with Mitsui as a partner, perhaps lessening the chance that it itself would bid for AWE.

Globalization and information technologies are lessening distances and opening potential new markets for businesses of all sizes.

One way blockchain reduces conventional cybersecurity risk is by simply removing the need for human intermediaries — thus lessening the threat of hacking, corruption, or human error.

Moreover, their violent volatility increases their risks, lessening national governments» appetite for holding the digital currencies.

After The Close - Stocks did little more than mark time on Tuesday, turning in a mixed performance after trading broadly higher for much of the day on hopes for new policy initiatives on the part of the Federal Reserve and a lessening in fears about the euro zone.

The new chain - weighted GDP deflator also indicates some lessening in the rate of deflation, being 1.4 per cent lower over the year to the September quarter compared with 1.7 per cent lower over the year to the June quarter.

We regard the greater stability in commodity prices, along with a lessening of volatility in financial markets, as welcome, and believe it should provide a more stable platform for the global economy, where growth remains acceptable, if lower than desirable.

Beyond lessening the agency's financial burden in the early stages of R&D, NASA's contracts also provide increased incentive for competition between private ventures — competition which will inevitably hasten innovation and shorten product / service lifecycles.

These developments suggest a lessening of the main risks to the Australian economy, and improve the prospects for more balanced growth in the period ahead.

In addition, this fall the E.U. reached an agreement that actually has a realistic shot of lessening Greece's debt load and putting that country on a path toward recovery by forcing losses on official - sector creditors.

But Bernanke also said he believes the headwinds to growth are diminishing, as the drag from fiscal policy is lessening.

Certainly, the cannibalization remains a factor, but that's possibly slightly lessening as we anniversary some of the Chicago openings.

Stay fluid and creative with your rewards to avoid lessening your margins.

In the lender's judgment, experience a significant lessening of your ability to repay the Loan, or

In addition to lessening some of the burdens for virtual currency companies seeking licensure, the Act still provides for solid consumer protection for all of the licensing options.

Prominent among these is a secular decline in the share of health care expenditures paid out - of - pocket by consumers, lessening the motivation for precautionary savings.

Fewer mortgages are «underwater» — whereby more is owed than the home is worth — lessening foreclosure risk and consequent accompanying distress and reduced consumption.

Growth at that sort of pace should allow some lessening of domestic capacity pressures, and thereby generate a gradual decline in inflation.

The court concluded that the proposed merger would have caused a substantial lessening of competition in three counties in Florida.

Such reviews are undertaken to determine if the deal would result in a substantial lessening or prevention of competition.

The transformation is set to give U.S. diplomacy considerably more clout, lessening the dependence on Middle Eastern oil and making the U.S. the answer to some developing nations» most pressing needs.

He also noted that many drugs aimed at lessening the effects of Alzheimer's disease work by attempting to improve this attention mechanism.

Is the equity of the brand lessening in light of all the immigration and population changes we've seen?»

Although that effect may have depressed the company's numbers, it seems to be be lessening, and the resulting increase in revenue is helping the bottom line.

New options for combing the Internet to find up - to - the - minute information and recommendations on websites, blogs, and social networks are lessening the stranglehold major search engines have on the search process.

Ann Thrupp, executive director, Berkeley Food Institute said that lessening those regulations could present an upside for those farmers who have found them challenging.

The Backbeat Fit, however, does a good job of lessening that blow.

Thanks to the rise of on - demand ride - sharing services like Uber and Lyft, the need to have a car (and a parking space) is lessening even for daily commuters.

Third, while Rogers of course touts the network technology's speed gains — current max 75MBps down vs. 21 MBps down on existing HSPA (3G) networks for a Rocket Stick — HSPA can still be improved, lessening the appeal to consumers of the new technology.

The news comes on top of two previously announced executive orders focused on lessening the U.S. trade deficit, which exceeded $ 500 billion in 2016.

However, I realized when acting like that, I'm wasting a lot of time and lessening my chances of actually succeeding with my goal.

Australia's corporate watchdog has launched an inquiry into TPG Telecom's planned $ 1.6 billion takeover of iiNet, after saying the deal may lead to a substantial lessening of competition.

If you get headaches frequently, keeping a food diary, charting your headaches, and looking for patterns is a great way to find which foods and drinks to consider eliminating (or lessening) in your diet.

We, along with our customers, take great pride in going green and lessening the impact on the environment.

Making your office more energy efficient, eco-friendly, and pleasant for you and your employees will increase productivity and enjoyment in the office while lessening your company's carbon footprint.

Also, it lessens the importance of the CC» er, and it forces the CC» ees to deal with a problem that they didn't ask to deal with.

But there are plenty of document management apps that lessen the burden.

Steven Cook, senior fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, said higher oil prices lessen all the worries from 2015 and 2016 about the Saudi government's ability to maintain its commitments, but the consolidation of power in the hands of the Crown Prince also is significant for the market and investors as his reform program is widely regarded as critical for Saudi Arabia's future prosperity.

When everyone is forthcoming with their achievements, it lessens the likelihood managers will disproportionately favour only natural show - offs.

To help lessen the effect of these rising labor costs and to attract a tech - savvy generation, CKE is turning to technology and looking into options for mobile ordering as well as tablet ordering within its restaurants.